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box plot

Method for graphically depicting groups of numerical data through their quartiles
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box plot

Summary

box plot is a data visualization[1]. It draws 2,944 Wikipedia views per month (data_visualization category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • box plot is credited with the discovery of Mary Eleanor Spear[3].
  • box plot is credited with the discovery of John Tukey[4].
  • box plot's instance of is recorded as data visualization[5].
  • box plot is a type of plot[6].
  • box plot's Commons category is recorded as Box plots[7].
  • box plot's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1970[8].
  • box plot's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[9].

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Designation and Status

box plot's instance of is recorded as data visualization[5].

Why It Matters

box plot draws 2,944 Wikipedia views per month (data_visualization category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

data visualization John Tukey Plotly

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['2WFfD8', '14Nv8W']
    Instance of → data visualization
    Discoverer or inventor → Mary Eleanor Spear, John Tukey
    Aliases → —
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