How to use boxplot() In R Language

This will generate a plot that represents minimum, maximum, median, first, and third quartiles

Syntax:

boxplot(data)

Example: Get the fivenum summary of the vector

R




# create the vector with 10 elements
data=c(1:10)
 
# get five summary
print(boxplot(data))


Output:



How to Calculate Five Number Summary in R?

In this article, we will discuss how to calculate five number summary in R programming language.

Five number summary is also known as a boxplot. it will return five values that are :

  • The minimum value present in the given data
  • The first quartile value present in the given data
  • The median  value present in the given data
  • The third quartile value  present in the given data
  • The maximum value present in the given data

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Method 1 : Using fivenum()

This function will get the five-number summary of the given data...

Method 2: Using boxplot()

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