When data is presented as a list of numbers, it can be difficult to interpret. If it is summarised in a diagram it is easier to draw conclusions and to compare with a different data set. A box plot is ...

In the article of Spriestersbach et al. (4), it was stated that, in contrast to the box, the definition of the so-called “whiskers” in the box plot diagram is not uniform. A diagram designated as a ...

Last week’s post, “A Histogram is NOT a Bar Chart ”, explained that bar charts were used for comparing categorical variables and that histograms were used to show the distributions of binned ...

Visualization methods enhance our understanding of sample data and help us make comparisons across samples. Box plots are a simple but powerful graphing tool that can be used in place of histograms to ...

In the article of Spriestersbach et al. (4), it was stated that, in contrast to the box, the definition of the so-called “whiskers” in the box plot diagram is not uniform. A diagram designated as a ...