Multiple Boxplots

Use multiple box plots to compare medians and IQRs of several variables

Returning to the mammalian sleep data set, we can also represent the distribution of total sleep times using multiple box plots. The advantage here is that extreme values are highlighted as points. However, the irregular distributions of the insectivore and omnivore groups are masked, similar to bar plots.

Comparing multiple box plots as an alternative to bar plots. In the last plot, the width of the box is proportional to the sample size.

Comparing multiple box plots as an alternative to bar plots. In the last plot, the width of the box is proportional to the sample size.

Comparing multiple box plots as an alternative to bar plots. In the last plot, the width of the box is proportional to the sample size.