# boxplot

1. ### SigmaPlot Boxplots

Hi all, New here and hoping someone might be able to help (with what is a potentially stupid/obvious question--so apologies if that is the case). I am trying to make some boxplots on SigmaPlot, however I have realized the calculation they use to compute the quartiles, as well as the whisker...
2. ### Move Boxplots on x axis

Hello everyone! I've searched for several days but didn't find any working answer. I want to make a boxplot with two different dataset and a secondary y axis (eventhough it's not that scientific but thats my problem (; ) The plot is more or less complete but the boxplots of both datasets are...
3. ### Trouble with creating boxplots

Hello everyone! I want to visually inspect whether I have a similarly shaped distribution in a question having a scale dependent variable and a 3-group categorical (nominal) independent variable. For that reason, I am trying to create a boxplot on spss v.23 but I am presented with the graph...
4. ### Outliers in categorical data?

Hello! I am working on a pre-analysis plan and have to specify what I am going to do with outliers. I have two categorical variables (5 levels and 2 levels) and I will be performing a chi-square test for independence. I thought of using a boxplot to detect outliers, but now I am not sure...
5. ### Boxplots: Display variable "name" instead of case numbers?

Hi everyone, I am still new to SPSS and slowly getting to grips with it. At the moment, I am trying to create box-plots to visually identify extreme values in my distribution. I have managed to get the box-plots how I want them, except for one detail: It is currently identifying the extreme...
6. ### Add dotcharts next to boxplots

I've got all the box plots: boxplot( Daten$Gewicht~interaction(Daten$Dosis,Daten$Geschlecht, drop=TRUE), ylab="relative Nierengewichte", xlab="Dosisgruppen der beiden Geschlechter") and the points overlapping the box plots: points( Daten$Gewicht~interaction(Daten$Dosis,Daten$Geschlecht...
7. ### how to add quantity information to boxplot

Hello I am using boxplots to show the distribution of some data. However, some comments says the boxplot can not show the concentration quantity of the data. (For example, suppose I have data of body length ranging from 150- 169 cm of a group of girl. The boxplot shows only the median...
8. ### Adding a trend line to a series of box plots

If this is so obvious everyone should know I apologize for the inconvenience. I would like to add a color coded trend line to a series of box plots (graph attached).. Any help is much appreciated.. The code I have used for the graph is as follows: boxplot(total1$y~total1$x) The data...
9. ### Data visualization poll

Hi, Originally, I thought this might be appropriate for the R thread, but I think this may have more general relevance. I'm trying to decide on a data visualization option, and my right and left sides of my brain are at war. In brief, I've modeled predator densities at two sites (in a...
10. ### Simple Box Plot question

Hi all, I have a simple question that I need your help with. I have a box plot which shows the medians, 1st and 3rd quartiles, and min/max values. I was wondering if I can get the mean and standard deviation using this information Unfortunately I am not very statistically literate..please...