Source Word
box and whiskers plot
Noun
(statistics)
A
graphical
summary
of
a
numerical
data
sample
through
five
statistics
—
median,
upper
quartile,
lower
quartile,
and
upper
extreme
and
lower
extreme
values
—
by
depiction
as
a
box
with
its
edges
at
the
quartile
marks
and
an
internal
line
at
the
median
and
with
lines
protruding
from
the
box
as
far
as
the
extremal
values.
Japanese Meaning
統計学において、数値データのサンプルの要約として、中央値、上四分位数、下四分位数、最大値、最小値の5つの統計量を視覚的に表現する図。箱で四分位範囲を示し、箱から伸びる線（ひげ）で極値を示す。
Sense（1）
(statistics)
A
graphical
summary
of
a
numerical
data
sample
through
five
statistics
—
median,
upper
quartile,
lower
quartile,
and
upper
extreme
and
lower
extreme
values
—
by
depiction
as
a
box
with
its
edges
at
the
quartile
marks
and
an
internal
line
at
the
median
and
with
lines
protruding
from
the
box
as
far
as
the
extremal
values.
（ plural ）
