Box plots are very useful to graph groups of numerical data through their five number summaries. Box plots were invented in in 1977 by John Tukey. They are also used to depict differences in populations without making assumptions on statistical distributions. If you look at the box plot above it shows the distribution of conditional residual by person.
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