Understanding Boxplots

Click through to understand the anatomy of a boxplot

Middle line shows median

median

Min to max shows range

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median

range

Box shows interquartile range

median

range

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interquartile range
(middle 50%)

Dots show outliers

range

interquartile range
(middle 50%)

}

outliers

median

Dots show outliers

range

interquartile range
(middle 50%)

}

outliers

median

Dots show outliers

range

interquartile range
(middle 50%)

}

outliers

median

(values beyond
1.5 × IQR)

Boxplots show summary values

• median

• range

• interquartile range

• outliers