Box plots A box plot is a diagram which provides a quick visual summary of the distribution of a data set. It makes drawing conclusions easier and is useful for comparing two sets of data.

A diagram designated as a “box and whiskers plot” was first described by Tukey in 1977 (1). In this plot, the whiskers extended to the greatest or to the smallest values within a limit, the so ...

A diagram designated as a “box and whiskers plot” was first described by Tukey in 1977 (1). In this plot, the whiskers extended to the greatest or to the smallest values within a limit, the so ...