box plot: Meaning and Definition of

box' plot"

Pronunciation: [key]
— Statistics. Statistics.
  1. a graphic representation of a distribution by a rectangle, the ends of which mark the maximum and minimum values, and in which the median and first and third quartiles are marked by lines parallel to the ends.
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