This example shows how to create box plots and how to specify SYMBOL definitions so data outside the box-plot range can be represented with data points. It also shows how to change a box plot's ...

When data is presented as a list of numbers, it can be difficult to interpret. If it is summarised in a diagram it is easier to draw conclusions and to compare with a different data set. A box plot is ...

Last week’s post, “A Histogram is NOT a Bar Chart ”, explained that bar charts were used for comparing categorical variables and that histograms were used to show the distributions of binned ...

Box plots are an effective way to compare distributions of interval data. To create side-by-side box plots comparing the distributions of salaries for the American and National Leagues, follow these ...