That's not his mistake. He knows this, but repeatedly failed to convey this to others.
That's like the entire point of the post: they're hard to teach to others (they're unintuitive) and there are better (more intuitive) alternatives.
I dunno if I agree, but it's ironic that this thread started with a poster complaining about the author's bad intuition, while apparently managing to not have a good grasp of box plots themselves.
What are you talking about? I have a perfect grasp of these things. As I said, half is in the shape area. You must've missed that.
Also, that IS his mistake, it's literally the first thing in the post. And this stuff isn't hard or hard to teach _at all_ has long as you're at least 5.
That's like the entire point of the post: they're hard to teach to others (they're unintuitive) and there are better (more intuitive) alternatives.
I dunno if I agree, but it's ironic that this thread started with a poster complaining about the author's bad intuition, while apparently managing to not have a good grasp of box plots themselves.