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