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      What is a Box Plot?

      Box Plot

      A box plot is a way of statistically representing the distribution of given data through five main dimensions.

      Box Plot v2
      1. The first dimension is minimum, which is the smallest number in the sorted data.
      2. The second dimension is first quartile, which is the point 25% of the way through the sorted data. In other words, a quarter of the datapoints are less than this value.
      3. The third dimension is median, which is the median of the sorted data.
      4. The fourth dimension is third quartile, which is the point 75% of the way through the sorted data. In other words, three-quarters of the data points are less than this value. 
      5. The fifth dimension is, which is the highest number in the sorted data.