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What a box plot shows

What a box plot shows

Annotated horizontal box plot showing outliers, whiskers, quartiles, and median A box plot summarises a data set on a number line using the lower quartile Q1Q_1Q1​, the median, the upper quartile Q3Q_3Q3​, and the whiskers. The whiskers reach the smallest and largest non-outlier values, while any outliers are plotted separately as crosses.

3.2 Box Plots Lesson

  1. AS Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /3.2 Box Plots

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel AS Level Maths 3.2 Box Plots. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build fluency in the core algebra, surds and trigonometry topics early, since they underpin the calculus, statistics and mechanics content that follows.

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