When should I use a box and whisker plot?

[mohammed El-Kady]

TL;DR

the usage of box and whisker plot

I know the steps of box and whisker plot, but when should I use it? how can I classify its problems?, what is the difference between it and other statistical methods?

 

[Dale]

I use it often for data exploration. I don’t think that I have ever published one, but for me they are very helpful to get a good feel for the data.

For a good example, see the section on hereroskedastic data here: https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/posterior-predictive-distributions-in-bayesian-statistics/