box and whiskers plots

A form of box and whiskers plot — A graphical summary of a numerical data sample through five statistics — median, upper quartile, lower quartile, and upper extreme and lower extreme values — by depiction as a box with its edges at the quartile marks and an internal line at the median and with lines protruding from the box as far as the extremal values.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of box and whiskers plot
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