No you shouldn’t stop using box plots. You should use them for when they are appropriate - showing location and spread. And not shape! There’s absolutely no information on modality or distribution presented past quartiles and limits.
They are mostly useful for comparing batches not analysing an individual batch.
The author doesn’t know what they are talking about and is telling people as if they do. If he read any of Tukey’s material he might know. But no name dropping is enough clearly…
They are mostly useful for comparing batches not analysing an individual batch.
The author doesn’t know what they are talking about and is telling people as if they do. If he read any of Tukey’s material he might know. But no name dropping is enough clearly…