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		sloowm on June 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I've stopped using box plots (2021) That background would make you explicitly unqualified to asses the quality of box plots as a visualization method. Box plots are used throughout various fields of research that are far less mathematical in nature.

SillyUsername on June 23, 2024 [–]

Rubbish. They're used extensively in probability statistics and confidence intervals. Field of research has bugger all to do with it :tears:

sloowm on June 23, 2024 | [–]

You not understanding what my comment means is incredibly thematic.

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