AI Grounds

Open AI Grounds on a desktop

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Guided discovery

Shape, Skew & Outliers

Move one point. Read the shape before choosing a summary.

Your dataset

12 fixed points + movable M. Each bar counts values in a 10-unit interval.

01234500–10310–20320–30330–40140–50150–60160–70070–80080–901M90–100Count

Intervals include their left endpoint; only 90–100 also includes 100.

Read exact bin counts
Histogram data
IntervalCountContains M
0 ≤ value < 100No
10 ≤ value < 203No
20 ≤ value < 303No
30 ≤ value < 403No
40 ≤ value < 501No
50 ≤ value < 601No
60 ≤ value < 701No
70 ≤ value < 800No
80 ≤ value < 900No
90 ≤ value ≤ 1001Yes

Each dot is one point

Drag M to change its value. The other 12 points stay fixed.

025507510012A16B18C21D24E27F30G34H39I45J53K62L

Focus a dot and use arrow keys. Shift moves by 10; Home / End moves to 0 / 100.

Sorted values: 12, 16, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 34, 39, 45, 53, 62, 94

The middle and the edges

The line spans the full range. The box spans Q1 to Q3; its inner line marks the median.

0255075100
Min
12
Q1
19.5
Median
30
Q3
49
Max
94

Quartiles use medians of the lower and upper halves, excluding the overall median. This min-to-max plot is not a Tukey outlier-whisker plot.

When is a point flagged as unusual?

A common screening rule flags values below Q1 − 1.5 × IQR or above Q3 + 1.5 × IQR. It is a reason to investigate, not proof of an error.

Current fences: -24.75 to 93.25. Flagged values: 94. M is a movable point; it is not always flagged.

Mean

The average uses every value.

36.5

475 ÷ 13

Start 36.5; change 0

Median

The middle sorted value.

30

7th of 13 sorted values

Start 30; change 0

Range

Distance between the extremes.

82

94 − 12

Start 82; change 0

IQR

Spread of the middle half.

29.5

49 − 19.5

Start 29.5; change 0

Start uses the same 13 points with M = 94. Read tails and clusters from the histogram and values; a mean–median gap alone cannot prove skew. Robust summaries can still change.

M 94; mean 36.5, median 30, range 82, IQR 29.5.