Summary Statistics Represented by Box Plots |
Table 25.6 lists the summary statistics represented in each box-and-whiskers plot.
Group Summary Statistic |
Feature of Box-and-Whiskers Plot |
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maximum |
endpoint of upper whisker |
third quartile (th percentile) |
upper edge of box |
median (th percentile) |
line inside box |
mean |
symbol marker |
first quartile (th percentile) |
lower edge of box |
minimum |
endpoint of lower whisker |
Note that you can request different box plot styles, as discussed in the section Styles of Box Plots, and as illustrated in Example 25.2.