PSYC2101 - SPSS Handout 3 c. Boxplots allow us to further compare the two conditions i. The box represents the middle 50% of the scores in each condition ii. The thick black line represents the median. iii. The tails (whiskers) are the top and bottom 25% of scores in each condition. iv. Any dots or asterisks represent outliers. 3. Writing an APA style results statements. a. We are writing a sentence indicating if the two conditions are different or the same. We want the reader to know if one condition has a mean which is different from another mean. i. Name for each condition. ii. Include the M and SD for each condition. iii. Include the DV. b. Write a summary sentence