box plot

American

noun

Statistics.

a graphic representation of a distribution by a rectangle, the ends of which mark the maximum and minimum values, and in which the median and first and third quartiles are marked by lines parallel to the ends.

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Looking at your box plot, does it appear that the data are concentrated together, spread out evenly, or concentrated in some areas but not in others?

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

The box plot also shows us that the lower 25 percent of the exam scores are Ds and Fs.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

Arrow down and then use the right arrow key to go to the fifth picture, which is the box plot.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

Create a box plot for each set of data.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

The following image shows the constructed box plot.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

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