"box and whiskers plot" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-box and whiskers plot.oga [US] Forms: box and whiskers plots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} box and whiskers plot (plural box and whiskers plots)
  1. (statistics) 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. Categories (topical): Statistics Synonyms: box and whisker diagram, box plot, boxplot, box and whisker plot
    Sense id: en-box_and_whiskers_plot-en-noun-Dq4iftff Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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