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box and whiskers plot

box and whiskers plot noun: 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.

Noun

box and whiskers plot (plural box and whiskers plots)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    box and whisker diagram, box plot, boxplot

Synonyms of box and whiskers plot

Forms of box and whiskers plot

pluralbox and whiskers plots
alternative formbox and whisker plot

Questions about box and whiskers plot

What does box and whiskers plot mean?
Box and whiskers plot means 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.
What part of speech is box and whiskers plot?
Box and whiskers plot is a noun.
What is the plural of box and whiskers plot?
The plural of box and whiskers plot is box and whiskers plots.

Words near box and whiskers plot in the dictionary

  1. box
  2. box and cox
  3. box and lock
  4. box and whisker plot
  5. box and whisker plots
  6. box and whiskers plot
  7. box and whiskers plots
  8. box art
  9. box beam
  10. box beams
  11. box bed

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