3D Box Plot Button

Click the 3D Box Plot button to display the 3D Box Plots dialog. In 3D box plots, the ranges of values of a selected variable are plotted separately for groups of cases defined by values of a categorical (grouping) variable. The central tendency (e.g., median or mean), and range or variation statistics (e.g., quartiles, standard errors, or standard deviations) are computed for each group of cases, and the selected values are presented in the style. 3D Range plots differ from 3D box plots in that for range plots, the ranges are the values of the selected variables (e.g., one variable contains the minimum range values and another variable contains the maximum range values) while the ranges are calculated from variable values (e.g., standard deviations, standard errors, or min-max value) for box plots.

For more information on specific styles of box plots, see

Point Ranges	Double Ribbon Ranges
Border-style Ranges	Flying Boxes
Error Bar-style Ranges	Flying Blocks

See also, Conceptual Overviews - 3D Range and Box Plots.