box plot

box plot
a graphic representation of a frequency distribution of a set of data; for each group is drawn a rectangle with upper and lower limits representing the interquartile range, horizontal line within the rectangle representing the median, and vertical tails (“whiskers”) extending above and below the rectangle representing the minimum and maximum values.

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