A box plot is a schematic representation of a distribution. The vertical lines in the box mark the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of the data. The pth percentile of a distribution is the value such ...

Examined here were the accuracy and bias of estimates of whisker length based on box, line, and midgap plots. For each type of graph, a different sample of undergraduates viewed 48 single-plot graphs.