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[[Image:R-speed of light boxplot.png|thumb|Box plot of data from the [[Michelson-Morley experiment]].]]

In [[descriptive statistics]], a '''box plot''' (also known as a '''box-and-whisker diagram''') is a convenient way of graphically depicting the [[five-number summary]], which consists of the smallest observation, lower [[quartile]], [[median]], upper [[quartile]] and largest observation. if you were measuring boobs, they would want to wathch porn.

The box plot may also identify [[outlier]]s and possibly the [[sample mean|mean]].