Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,822,970,190 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

boxplot
(redirected from Box plot)

   Also found in: Medical, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
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.


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
The author refers to pie charts and divided bar charts as "pop charts"; he emphasizes using a dot plot or a multiway dot plot and box plots, which typically provide more information.
Box Plot - this visualization delivers a useful overview of the values in a dataset, "the big picture," with a clean and easy to interpret interface.
Sigmaplot[R] produces striking, two-dimensional pie charts and x-y graphs including scatter and line graphs, bar graphs, and box plots.
 
Encyclopedia browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2010 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.