Free statistics calculators designed for data scientists. This Box and Whisker Plot Maker:

  • Generates A Box and Whisker Plot
  • Calculates Key Quartile Statistics

Using The Box and Whisker Plot Maker

Enter your data as a string of numbers, separated by commas. Then hit calculate. The Box and Whisker Plot Maker will generate a list of key measures and make a box plot chart to show the distribution.

For easy entry, you can copy and paste your data into the box plot maker from Excel. You can save your data for use with this calculator and other calculators on this site. Just hit the "save data" button. It will save the data in your browser (not on our server, it remains private). Saved data sets will appear on the list of saved datasets below the data entry panel. To retrieve it, click the "load data" button next to it. This is useful if you want to tweak the data and rerun it in the box and whisker calculator or pass it another statistical tool.

Box and Whisker Plot Maker

  • Generates Box and Whisker Plot
  • Calculates Key Quartile Statistics

Box and Whisker Plot

Key Statistics

Sample has 28 observations.

Minimum:1.0000
25th Percentile: 3.0000
Sample Median: 3.5000
75th Percentile: 5.2500
Interquartile Range: 2.2500
Maximum: 26.0000

More Statistics (Save Data First)

Observations

Click To Clear; enter values seperated by commas or new lines. Cut & Paste from Excel also works.

Can be comma separated or one line per data point; you can also cut and paste from Excel.

Saved Datasets - Click to Restore

Saved in your browser; you can retrieve these and use them in other calculators on this site.

Sharing Results of The Box and Whisker Plot Maker

Need to pass an answer to a friend? It's easy to link and share the results of this calculator. Hit calculate - then simply cut and paste the url after hitting calculate - it will retain the values you enter so you can share them via email or social media.

Explore Single Series


Explore (X,Y) Pairs


Test Single Sample


Compare Samples


Confidence Intervals


Probability Distributions


Classical Statistics

More About The Box and Whisker Plot Maker

The Box and Whisker Plot Maker has two key purposes:

The box and whisker plot is a common visual tool used for exploratory data analysis. This calculator is designed to make it quick and easy to generate a box and whiskers plot and associated descriptive statistics. Simple enter your data into the Box and Whisker Plot Maker and you will get a quick view of the shape of the distribution.

Interpreting a Box and Whisker Plot

The core of the distribution is shown by the box in the plot. This represents the gap between the 25th percentile and the 75th percentile of the distribution, generally referred to as the interquartile range. This is usually a relatively dense region. This is particularly true if the data generated by the underlying process is normally distributed. The upper and lower lines denote the maximum and minimum values observed in the sample data. This gives you perspective on the outliers of a particular sample. Want to learn more about analyzing box plots? Statistics Canada published a good overview of using this statistical tool. Additional materials can be found here.

Finding the Range of a Set of Numbers

This Box and Whisker Plot Maker is particularly useful if you need to find the range of a set of numbers and analyze it. The box plot generator provides both the interquartile range (distance between 25th and 75th percentile) and the total range (min vs. max) of a data sample.