Box plots
A box plot chart shows the five statistics (minimum, first quartile, median, third
quartile, and maximum). It is useful for displaying the distribution of a scale variable and
pinpointing outliers.
Creating a simple box plot
- In the Chart Type section, click the Box plot
icon.
The canvas updates to display a box plot chart template.
- Select one or more scale variables as the Columns variable.Note: The statistic for a dot plot is Box plot. You cannot change this setting.
- Click the Save visualization in the project control. Select Create a new asset or Append to existing asset. Provide a Visualization asset name, an optional description, and a chart name.
- Click Apply to save the visualization to the project. The new visualization asset is now available on the Assets tab.
Options
- Columns
- Lists variables that are available for the chart's X-axis.
- Split by
- Select a categorical variable that creates a table of charts, with a cell for each category in the Split by variable. Like grouping, split by variables essentially add more dimensions to your chart by displaying information for each variable category.
- Category order
- Select the order in which variable categories are sorted.
- As read
- Variable categories are presented as they appear in the data set.
- Ascending
- Sort variable categories in ascending order.
- Descending
- Sort variable categories in descending order.
- Strength holder of IQR
- The strength holder of the inter-quartile range (
N*IQR
). TheN
default value is 1.5. - Normalize data
- When enabled, this setting transforms data into a normal distribution compares data from multiple data sets or multiple columns. This setting creates 100% stacking for counts and converts statistics to percents.
- Transpose
- When enabled, the chart's X and Y axes are transposed.
- Show the outlier
- When enabled, outliers display on the chart.
- Show extreme outlier style
- When enabled, extreme outlier style displays on the chart.
- Show label
- When enabled, column labels display on the chart. Only scatter series data is supported.
- Primary title
- The chart title.
- Subtitle
- The chart subtitle.
- Footnote
- The chart footnote.
- XAxis label
- The x-axis label.
- YAxis label
- The y-axis label.