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BOXPLOT

Playbook
Theory & Discription

Author: Dr. Mathias Jesussek


©DATAtab e.U. | Graz | 2023
What is a boxplot?

With a boxplot you can graphically display a lot of


information about your data.

The box indicates the range


in which the middle 50% of
all values lie.
What is displayed in a
boxplot?

Therefore, 25%
of the data are
above q3,
Thus, the upper
end of the box is
in the box we q3 the 3rd quartile
find 50% of our …
data.
Interquartile
range
and 25% of
the data are
q1
below q1.
… and the lower
end of the box is
the 1st quartile.

Example:
Let's say we display the age of If q3 is 63 years, this means that
participants with a boxplot, 25% of the patients are older than
and q1 is 31 years. 63 years.
This means that 25% of the parti- 50% of the patients are between
cipants are younger than 31 years. 31 and 63 years old.
The median !
and the mean

The dashed line shows


A median of 42 the mean.
means that half
of the patients are q3
older than 42 …

The solid line indicates


the median.
… and half
are younger.
q1
Outliers and !
the T-shaped whiskers

Points that are


further away are The upper T-shaped
considered as whiskers indicate the
outliers. last point, which is still
within 1.5 times the
interquartile range.
q3

Interquartile
range

q1
!
1
If there is no outlier this is q3

the maximum value.

q1

2
If there is an outlier, the T-shaped
whisker is the last point,
which is still within 1.5 times
q3
the interquartile range.

q1
!
How to do a boxplot
with DATAtab?

If you want to create a


boxplot online, visit
DATAtab, copy your data
into the table click on the
variables for which you
want to create a boxplot…

GO TO DATAtab

… that simple! ;)
More about
BOXPLOT
on our website datatab.net

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