Monday, May 23, 2011

Box Plot

Source: http://bqs.usgs.gov/obsp/wy2002plots.html

A box plot is a mix between a line graph and a bar chart and helps to show where the concentration of data is.  The main chunk of usually statistical information is contained inside the box while the outliers are at the two extremes of each end. This picture above illustrates and labels the fine details of the box plot for a better understanding.

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