Box Plot Graph Explained. The diagram below shows a variety of different box plot shapes and positions. Our data is already in order.
Our data is already in order. Box limits indicate the range of the central 50 of the data with a central line marking the median value. The middle line of the box represents the median or middle number 8.
The box plot is comparatively short see example.
In some box plots the minimums and maximums outside the first and third quartiles are depicted with lines which are often called whiskers. Feb 15 2008 The box-and-whisker plot is an exploratory graphic created by John W. The x in the box represents the mean also 8 in this example. Box plots visually show the distribution of numerical data and skewness through displaying the data quartiles or percentiles and averages.
