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boxplot

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boxplot [′bäks‚plät]
(industrial engineering)
In quality control, a graph summarizing the distribution, central value, and variability of a set of data values; used to identify problems (or potential problems) that affect the quality of processes and products.


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Visual inspections of boxplots, histograms, and skewness values were used to determine variable normality and homoscedasticity.
The distribution of the score points in cases and controls was described by a boxplot.
Based on the modality (number of major, n > 2, clusters) displayed, it is useful to further summarize the data with robust boxplots or the corresponding exploratory statistics for each such cluster.
 
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