Normal Boxplots

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Mean St. Dev.

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39.57 52.99 61.95 19.82 45.67 44.26 61.76 82.56 56.42 15.29

Note You can change the mean and st. dev.

48.58 32.77 34.12 28.97 62.48 74.34 47.07 55.28 56.33 38.18

Sample of 50 Items 66.16 69.71 68.45 58.67 58.04 50.62 56.49 33.15 2.37 50.69 71.80 47.83 45.41 57.46 46.26 58.27 45.50 51.49 26.03 71.69 40.48 60.14 31.28 52.90 7.02 47.70 60.01 57.30 44.00 27.64

Sample Normal

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Exercises (1) Examine the normal boxplot (shown in blue). In a normal distrbution, the quartiles are 0.675 standard deviations from the mean, so the box is narrower than the range. Is this true in most of the samples, as you press F9 a few times? (2) As you press F9 a few times, compare the sample quartiles (shown in red) to the normal boxplot (shown in blue). How stable are the quartiles from sample to sample? (3) Watch the end points of the sample boxplot as you press F9 a few times. Are the end points more or less stable than the quartiles? (4) In general, did your samples usually resemble the expected normal boxplot? (4) press F9 ten times. What percentage of the time did you get a boxplot that definitely did not look like the normal boxplot? What is the implication?

Sample Box Plot Setup Item X Y Min 2 1.5 Q1 40 1.5 Q1 Q3 Q3 Q1 Q1 Q3 Max Q2 Q2 Q3 Q3 40 59 59 40 40 59 83 51 51 59 59 2.5 2.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 1.5 1.5 0.5 2.5 2.5 0.5

Sample Expected

Min 2.37 15.10

Q1 39.80 39.88

Q2 50.66 50.00

Q3 58.57 60.13

Max 82.56 84.90

Expected Box Plot Setup Item X Y Min 15 4.5 Q1 40 4.5 Q1 Q3 Q3 Q1 Q1 Q3 Max Q2 Q2 Q3 Q3 40 60 60 40 40 60 85 50 50 60 60 5.5 5.5 3.5 3.5 5.5 4.5 4.5 3 3.5 5.5 5.5 3.5

Source See Rick Hesse, "Box and Whiskers Plots," Decision Line, March, 1997, pp. 17-18. You can change the display format of sample or quartiles to see more decimals. Expected statistics are based on the normal distribution. The min and max are F-1[(i-0.5)/n] using i = 1, i = 50, and n = 50. For further explanation, see Ralph B. D'Agostino and Michael A. Stephens, Goodness of Fit Techniques (Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1986, p. 25.

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Uniform Boxplots
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Min Max

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31.90 37.28 67.94 71.86 40.96 27.56 65.45 65.81 76.22 83.31

Note You can change the min and max.

28.60 40.92 72.20 29.70 42.79 27.82 67.89 54.70 53.99 56.85

Sample of 50 Items 63.72 83.72 35.68 40.06 72.56 22.64 36.49 84.69 46.42 66.20 81.60 71.07 36.07 40.75 64.35 79.25 41.96 58.85 69.32 40.31 29.38 22.74 69.11 38.55 72.78 79.10 47.68 71.17 66.26 22.22

Sample Uniform

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Exercises (1) Examine the uniform boxplot (shown in blue). How is the position of the quartiles and end points determined? (2) As you press F9 a few times, compare the sample quartiles (shown in red) to the uniform boxplot (shown in blue). How stable are the quartiles from sample to sample? (3) Watch the end points of the sample boxplot as you press F9 a few times. Are the end points more or less stable than the quartiles? (4) In general, did your samples usually resemble the expected uniform boxplot? (5) press F9 ten times. What percentage of the time did you get a boxplot that definitely did not look like the uniform boxplot? What is the implication?

Sample Box Plot Setup Item X Y Min 22 1.5 Q1 38 1.5 Q1 Q3 Q3 Q1 Q1 Q3 Max Q2 Q2 Q3 Q3 38 71 71 38 38 71 85 56 56 71 71 2.5 2.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 1.5 1.5 0.5 2.5 2.5 0.5

Sample Expected

Min 22.22 16.00

Q1 37.60 33.25

Q2 55.78 50.50

Q3 70.63 67.75

Max 84.69 85.00

Expected Box Plot Setup Item X Y Min 16 4.5 Q1 33 4.5 Q1 Q3 Q3 Q1 Q1 Q3 Max Q2 Q2 Q3 Q3 33 68 68 33 33 68 85 51 51 68 68 5.5 5.5 3.5 3.5 5.5 4.5 4.5 3 3.5 5.5 5.5 3.5

Source See Rick Hesse, "Box and Whiskers Plots," Decision Line, March, 1997, pp. 17-18. You can change the display format of sample or quartiles to see more decimals. Expected statistics are based on the uniform distribution.

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Skewed Boxplots
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Degree of Skewness 2

Note You can change the skewness.

1.35 1.11 0.74 7.00 1.70 0.48 1.43 1.21 0.60 0.70

Sample of 50 Items 1.24 8.30 0.46 0.93 0.18 0.11 0.22 0.34 0.33 11.85 0.73 3.47 2.12 2.53 0.45 1.44 0.39 2.60 0.03 2.39 0.06 0.36 0.52 0.28 1.01 7.72 4.79 0.46 0.23 0.21

1.38 0.39 0.30 1.22 1.33 0.65 0.16 0.36 4.42 4.18

Sample Expected

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Exercises (1) Examine the expected boxplot (shown in blue). Examine the position of the median within the box, and the length of the each tail. Does its Slight appearance reflect the desired degree of skewness (slight, medium, strong)? Medium (2) As you press F9 a few times, compare the sample quartiles (shown in red) Strong to D.F. the expected boxplot (shown in blue). How stable are the quartiles from 2 sample to sample? (3) Watch the end points of the sample boxplot as you Control 3 press F9 a few times. Are the end points more or less stable than the quartiles? (4) In general, did your samples usually resemble the expected boxplot? (5) press F9 ten times. What percentage of the time did you get a boxplot that definitely did not look like the expected boxplot? What is the implication?

Sample Box Plot Setup Item X Y Min 0.03 1.5 Q1 0.36 1.5 Q1 Q3 Q3 Q1 Q1 Q3 Max Q2 Q2 Q3 Q3 0.36 1.63 1.63 0.36 0.36 1.63 11.85 0.74 0.74 1.63 1.63 2.5 2.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 1.5 1.5 0.5 2.5 2.5 0.5

Sample Expected

Min 0.03 0.02

Q1 0.36 0.58

Q2 0.74 1.39

Q3 1.63 2.77

Max 11.85 9.21

Expected Box Plot Setup Item X Y Min 0.02 4.5 Q1 0.58 4.5 Q1 Q3 Q3 Q1 Q1 Q3 Max Q2 Q2 Q3 Q3 0.58 2.77 2.77 0.58 0.58 2.77 9.21 1.39 1.39 2.77 2.77 5.5 5.5 3.5 3.5 5.5 4.5 4.5 3 3.5 5.5 5.5 3.5

Source See Rick Hesse, "Box and Whiskers Plots," Decision Line, March, 1997, pp. 17-18. You can change the display format of sample or quartiles to see more decimals. Expected statistics are based on the chi-square distribution. The min and max are F-1[(i-0.5)/n] using i = 1, i = 50, and n = 50. For further explanation, see Ralph B. D'Agostino and Michael A. Stephens, Goodness of Fit Techniques (Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1986, p. 25.

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