box plot

See also: boxplot

English

Figure 1. Box plot of data from the Michelson–Morley experiment

Alternative forms

• boxplot

Noun

box plot (plural box plots)

1. (statistics) A graphical summary of a numerical data sample through five statistics: median, lower quartile, upper quartile, and some indication of more extreme upper and lower values.

Synonyms

• box-and-whisker diagram

Translations

graphical summary of data

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 箱形圖 / 箱形图 (zh) (xiāngxíngtú)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: laatikko-janakuvio (fi)
• French: boîte à moustaches (fr) f
• German: Boxplot (de) m
• Greek: θηκόγραμμα (el) n (thikógramma)
• Indonesian: diagram kotak garis
• Malay: plot kotak
• Maori: kauwhata kauamo
• Swedish: lådagram n

See also

• interquartile range
• mean
• median