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Box Plots Excel

This document provides instructions for creating boxplots in Excel. It involves first generating boxplot statistics for the data sets in a specific order. Then selecting the statistics and inserting a line chart, choosing the "Line with markers displayed at each data value" subtype. Next, tweaking the chart by adding high-low and up-down lines through formatting options. Finally, the data lines can be removed to leave just the boxplot.

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Box Plots Excel

This document provides instructions for creating boxplots in Excel. It involves first generating boxplot statistics for the data sets in a specific order. Then selecting the statistics and inserting a line chart, choosing the "Line with markers displayed at each data value" subtype. Next, tweaking the chart by adding high-low and up-down lines through formatting options. Finally, the data lines can be removed to leave just the boxplot.

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Using Excel for Creating Boxplots

1. Firstly generate the boxplot statistics for the data sets. The results have to be displayed in the order as shown below for the trick to work

2. Select all the information including the labels, then click Insert > Chart and choose Line. Select the sub-type Line with markers displayed at each data value. Click Next, select Series in Rows and then click Finish. 3. Now you need to do some tweaking. Right click on one of the lines or Data Series. Select Format Data Series, go to Options and check High-low lines and Up-down lines. The Gap Width may be adjusted to change the width of the boxes. You should get something that looks like this:
12 10 8 6 4 2 0 data 1 data 2 data 3 data 4 Lower Quartile Minimum Median Maximum Upper Quartile

4. The data lines may be removed by selecting each data series in turn and removing the lines. Right click a data series > Format Data Series > Patterns> Line and choose None. Use the menus to tweak further and you have your boxplot!
Box plot Example
12 10 8 6 4 2 0 data 1 data 2 data 3 data 4 Lower Quartile Minimum Median Maximum Upper Quartile

This resource is from the CensusAtSchool project at www.censusatschool.ntu.ac.uk

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