What the heck is a box and whisker chart, and why would you need one? Well, I'm not a statistician, but here's my overview.

盒子和晶须图到底是什么，为什么您需要一个？ 好吧，我不是统计学家，但这是我的概述。

A box and whisker chart can give you a snapshot of each series in your data. What are the highest and lowest numbers? What was the median number? What was the range of numbers on either side of the median?

箱须图可以为您提供数据中每个系列的快照。 最高和最低数字是多少？ 中位数是多少？ 中位数两侧的数字范围是多少？

折线图中的销售额 (Sales in a Line Chart)

For example, you're in the retail business, and have three stores. Store03 opened at the beginning of the year, and got off to a slow start, but did very well at the end of the year. A line chart lets you compare the store sales over the year.

例如，您从事零售业务，并且拥有三个商店。 Store03于年初开业，起步缓慢，但在年底表现出色。 折线图可让您比较一年中的商店销售额。

盒须图销售 (Sales in a Box and Whisker Chart)

Instead of showing data over time, a box and whisker chart shows the data in numerical order, divided into 4 equal sections (quartiles). For each store’s sales, you can calculate the MIN, MEDIAN and MAX. Then, calculate the median for each half, to find the lower quartile (Q1) and upper quartile (Q3).

箱须图不是按时间显示数据，而是按照数字顺序显示数据，并分为4个相等的部分(四分位数)。 对于每个商店的销售额，您可以计算MIN，MEDIAN和MAX。 然后，计算每一半的中位数，以找到下四分位数(Q1)和上四分位数(Q3)。

盒子和晶须图的部分 (Parts of a Box and Whisker Chart)

From those five numbers, you can build a stacked bar or column chart with error bars, to create a box and whisker chart. For example, the left whisker starts at the minimum value, and stops at the first quartile.

从这五个数字中，您可以构建带有误差线的堆积条形图或柱形图，以创建箱形和晶须图。 例如，左晶须从最小值开始，并在第一个四分位数处停止。

Excel doesn't have a Box and Whisker chart type, so I built one by following the box and whisker chart instructions on Jon Peltier's web site. The chart shows the narrow range of values in Store01, compared to the wide range at Store03.

Excel没有Box和Whisker图表类型，因此我按照Jon Peltier网站上的box和Wh须标记图表说明进行构建。 图表显示Store01中的值范围较窄，而Store03中的范围较宽。

Box plots don't always show perfect symmetry, but Store 3 has a strange box plot appearance because of its very low sales in the first half of the year. Note the difference from the 7th smallest value (12) and the 8th smallest (80). It's as if there were two stores, one averaging 6 for 7 months, and one averaging 90 for 5 months.

箱形图并不总是显示出完美的对称性，但是Store 3具有奇怪的箱形图外观，因为它在上半年的销量非常低。 注意与第7个最小值(12)和第8个最小值(80)的差。 好像有两家商店，一家平均6个月，平均7个月，一家平均90个月，平均5个月。

乔恩·Perl捷的盒子和胡须图实用程序 (Jon Peltier's Box and Whisker Chart Utility)

As I mentioned, Excel doesn't have a Box and Whisker chart type, so charting expert, Jon Peltier, has developed a utility to help you create one. The Excel Chart Utility eliminates the long and complicated manual process that you'd have to follow to build a box and whisker chart yourself.

正如我提到的，Excel没有Box和Whisker图表类型，因此制图专家Jon Peltier开发了一种实用程序来帮助您创建一个。 Excel Chart Utility消除了您自己创建框和晶须图所要遵循的漫长而复杂的手动过程。

The utility creates a new tab on the Ribbon with a Box Plot command. First, select a block of data and headings, and click the button to start the utility. Select from the options for Orientation and Style, then click OK to create the chart.

该实用程序使用Box Plot命令在Ribbon上创建一个新选项卡。 首先，选择一个数据和标题块，然后单击按钮以启动该实用程序。 从方向和样式选项中选择，然后单击确定以创建图表。

A new sheet is inserted in the workbook, with the chart data, the chart, and some controls to let you adjust the chart. The original data remains on its sheet, unchanged.

新工作表将插入工作簿中，其中包含图表数据，图表和一些控件，可用于调整图表。 原始数据保留在其工作表上，保持不变。

With the Excel Chart Utility, it took about 10 seconds to create and format this box chart, compared to the 10 minutes or so that it took me to set up my own chart.

使用Excel Chart Utility ，创建和格式化此箱形图大约需要10秒钟，而大约需要10分钟才能建立自己的图表。

If you need to make box and whisker charts, or other custom charts, the PTS Chart Utility will make it much easier and quicker for you to create them. ________________________________

如果您需要制作箱形和晶须图或其他自定义图，则“ PTS图表实用程序”将使您更轻松快捷地创建它们。 ________________________________

Excel框和晶须图 (Excel Box and Whisker Chart)