Probably not a Normal distribution
Box and whisker plot
The box and whisker plot (Tukey, 1977) displays a statistical summary of a variable: median, quartiles,
range and, possibly, extreme values.
The Define variable dialog box for Box and whisker plot is similar to the one for Summary statistics: the
name of the variable has to be entered as described on page 7:
If you require a logarithmic transformation of the data (e.g. to Normalize the data), then select the
L
OG
TRANSFORMATION
option.
You can choose between vertical and horizontal orientation of the box and whisker plot.
This is the box and whisker plot for the variable Weight:
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