The box plot gives a concise picture of the distribution and emphasizes any extreme values. This particular box plot appears fairly symmetric, with median around 600. You can see two extreme values.

Learn to create a Box Plot diagram to summarise and compare key features of datasets using this BBC Bitesize guide for KS3 Mathematics students aged 11-14.

The following example uses the flight delay data of the preceding example to illustrate how you can create box plots with various styles of box-and-whisker plots. The following statements create a ...