Saturday, October 11, 2008

Box Plot



www.mathworks.com/.../toolbox/stats/boxplot.html

A box plot, or box and whisker diagram, provides a simple graphical summary of a set of data and is a standardized way of displaying the distribution of data based on the five number summary: minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum. It shows a measure of central location the median), the average, and measures of dispersion. The plot above shows car mileages grouped by different countries.

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