![rw-book-cover](https://i0.wp.com/nightingaledvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/box-plot-vs-histogram-w-callouts.png?fit=2889%2C1520&ssl=1) ## Metadata - Author: [[nick-desbarats|Nick Desbarats]] - Full Title:: I’ve Stopped Using Box Plots. Should You? - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[Data viz|Data Viz]], - URL:: https://nightingaledvs.com/ive-stopped-using-box-plots-should-you/ - Finished date:: [[2024-06-24]] ## Highlights > ![](https://i0.wp.com/nightingaledvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/box-plot-vs-histogram-w-callouts.png?w=2160&ssl=1) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j13eg70hzfdw9gf15beqz28n)) > ![](https://i0.wp.com/nightingaledvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/box-plot-vs-histogram-w-callouts.png?w=2160&ssl=1) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j13eg71cbc48vyyxr54007zh)) > The box plot alternative that I use most often is a *strip plot*: ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j13ehgeh4bxtqbz74ypjc7dt)) > ![](https://i0.wp.com/nightingaledvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/strip-plot.png?w=770&ssl=1) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j13ehhjfvhj0pzrfth68h9n9)) > ![](https://i0.wp.com/nightingaledvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/strip-plot.png?w=770&ssl=1) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j13ehhkeb2xch9rscjwvqfh3)) > jittered strip plot ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j13ehx4r5v1mdh3zh7ya1kyh)) > ![](https://i0.wp.com/nightingaledvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/distribution-heatmap.png?w=1308&ssl=1) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j13ej48f88ktqcy49tzn9hpk)) > ![](https://i0.wp.com/nightingaledvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/distribution-heatmap.png?w=1308&ssl=1) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j13ej49g8bweg2dq37reym35))