box-and-whisker plot: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Information on box-and-whisker plots can be found in Neil A. Weiss, Introductory Statistics, 9th ed. (2012). A historical perspective is John W. Tukey, Exploratory Data Analysis (1977).

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Modified link of Web site: Mathematics LibreTexts - Box-and-Whisker Plots. Oct 15, 2026
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Constructing a box plot. Jun 11, 2026
Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - College Statistics - Box Plots. Feb 03, 2026
Add new Web site: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Box-and-Whiskers Plot. Oct 30, 2025
Add new Web site: Mathematics LibreTexts - Box-and-Whisker Plots. Aug 22, 2025
Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - Box Plots in Psychology Research: Definition, Interpretation, How They're Used. Sep 24, 2024
Add new Web site: PennState - Eberly College of Science - Box Plots. Apr 25, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Illinois - Data Science Discovery - Quartiles and Box Plots. Feb 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute - Methods for Presenting Statistical Information: The Box Plot. Jan 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Newcastle University - Box and Whisker Plots. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: OpenStax - Introductory Statistics 2e - Histograms, Frequency Polygons, and Time Series Graphs. Aug 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Box plot review (article). Mar 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Simply Psychology - What does a box plot tell you? Dec 06, 2022
Add new Web site: OpenStax - Statistics - Box Plots. Sep 07, 2022
Add new Web site: Flinders University - Box and Whisker Plots. Nov 29, 2016
Add new Web site: Wolfram MathWorld - Box-and-Whisker Plot. Nov 29, 2016
Add new Web site: Loughborough University - MathCentre - Box and Whisker Plots. Nov 29, 2016
New bibliography added. Dec 23, 2013
New article added. Dec 23, 2013
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