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Construction of A Box-Plot

This document provides instructions for constructing a box plot in Excel using statistical functions like QUARTILE, MIN, MEDIAN, and MAX. A box plot can visualize the distribution of data through features like quartiles, minimum, maximum, and median values. The document includes an example box plot and instructions for formatting data series in Excel to replicate the visual. Statistical values from three sample data groups are also shown for reference in constructing a box plot.

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Construction of A Box-Plot

This document provides instructions for constructing a box plot in Excel using statistical functions like QUARTILE, MIN, MEDIAN, and MAX. A box plot can visualize the distribution of data through features like quartiles, minimum, maximum, and median values. The document includes an example box plot and instructions for formatting data series in Excel to replicate the visual. Statistical values from three sample data groups are also shown for reference in constructing a box plot.

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STT Box-plot

Construction of a Box-plot

This template uses the EXCEL functions


QUARTILE(,1), 
MIN,
MEDIAN,
MAX
and QUARTILE(,3).

Due to the special arrangement of these estimates,


q1
min
median
max
q3
a Box Plot can be constructed by using the chart Format Data
Series Options: "High-low lines" and "Up-down bars" (a Print
Screen is provided).

The idea is from:


http://www.mis.coventry.ac.uk/~nhunt/boxplot.htm
Disclaimer

EXCEL Settings
Activate the Add-Ins (Tools>Add-Ins):
Analysis ToolPak & Analysis ToolPak -VBA.

Macro security (Tools>Macro>Security):


Medium or low.
STT Box-plot

Box-plot http://www.mis.coventry.ac.uk/~nhunt/boxplot.htm

EXAMPLE!

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100
q1
80
min
60 median
max
40
q3
20

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1 2 3

Method
Suppose we have data from three groups, A, B and C.
Calculate the statistical functions QUARTILE(,1),  MIN, MEDIAN, MAX and QUARTILE(,3)
in that order for each data set. Arrange the results on an Excel worksheet as shown above.
80.0
70.0
60.0
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
UARTILE(,3) 10.0

shown above. 0.0


1
80.0
70.0
60.0 q1
50.0 min
40.0 me dia n
30.0 ma x
20.0 q3
10.0
0.0
1 2 3
STT Box-plot

Statistic Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Construction


q1 6.0 15.0 15.0 Select ALL yellow cells
min 5.0 12.0 14.0 Chart wizard: Line; >Next: Series in rows; >Finish
median 7.0 17.0 16.0
max 9.0 20.0 21.0 Format Data Series according example:
q3 9.0 18.0 18.0 -1st Double-click any line
Options: see Screenshot!
SD 1.8 3.0 2.8 -Then: Patterns>Line>None (all Series)
7 12 14 -Then choose symbols for the marker
6 15 16 (none for the Quartiles!)
9 17 18 -Note: Median & Whiskers, take longer symbol –
5 18 21
9 20 15
Final result

80.0
>Next: Series in rows; >Finish
70.0
60.0 q1

according example: 50.0 min


40.0 me dia n
30.0 ma x
20.0 q3

e>None (all Series) 10.0


0.0
ols for the marker 1 2 3

iskers, take longer symbol –


STT Box-plot
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15 13 11 q1 15.0 12.0 10.0
17 12 12 min 14.0 11.0 9.0
14 11 10 median 16.0 13.0 10.0
16 13 9 max 17.0 15.0 12.0

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17 15 10 q3 17.0 13.0 11.0

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