Box plots, also called box and whisker plots, are more useful than histograms for comparing distributions. They show more information about the data than do bar charts of a summary statistic such ...

The box and whisker visualization offers a view of both the mean and median along with four quartiles to identify statistical outliers. This is part two of a three-part series about Bing's data ...

Use box plots to illustrate the spread and differences of samples. ... Visualization methods enhance our understanding of sample data and help us make comparisons across samples.

What to do with Excel 2016’s new chart styles: Treemap, Sunburst, and Box & Whisker These new chart styles make it easier to compare data and show hierarchies and other relationships.

The box plot gives a concise picture of the distribution and emphasizes any extreme values. This particular box plot appears fairly symmetric, with median around 600. You can see two extreme values.