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Can the box plot be improved

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Invented by Spear in 1952 and popularized by Tukey in 1977, the box plot is widely used for displaying and comparing samples of continuous observations. Despite its popularity, it is less effective for showing shape behaviour of distributions, particularly bimodality. Using robust estimators of data skewness and kurtosis to classify the distribution into categories, we suggest a simple enhancement for indicating bimodality, central peakedness, and skewness. We also suggest a new graphical method for displaying confidence intervals when comparing several samples of continuous data.

Authors: Chamnein Choonpradub, Don McNeil

Institution: Prince of Songkla University

Language: English

Topic: Data Visualization and Analytics

Subfield: Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2186808920

FWCI: 1.218

Cites: 11

Cited by: 21

Related to: 10