Boxplot DemoΒΆ

Example boxplot code

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Fixing random state for reproducibility
np.random.seed(19680801)

# fake up some data
spread = np.random.rand(50) * 100
center = np.ones(25) * 50
flier_high = np.random.rand(10) * 100 + 100
flier_low = np.random.rand(10) * -100
data = np.concatenate((spread, center, flier_high, flier_low))
Basic Plot

Out:

{'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65ba9c4c0>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65ba9c340>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65ba9c610>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65aeb1640>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65ba9c880>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b6f8b50>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b6f8a00>], 'means': []}
fig2, ax2 = plt.subplots()
ax2.set_title('Notched boxes')
ax2.boxplot(data, notch=True)
Notched boxes

Out:

{'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65ae91bb0>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65ae914f0>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65bc78970>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe66e4d1fd0>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65ae91040>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe66e4d1e80>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe66e4d1a60>], 'means': []}
green_diamond = dict(markerfacecolor='g', marker='D')
fig3, ax3 = plt.subplots()
ax3.set_title('Changed Outlier Symbols')
ax3.boxplot(data, flierprops=green_diamond)
Changed Outlier Symbols

Out:

{'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b8b16a0>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b8b15b0>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b8b1c40>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b8b1130>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b8e1f10>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe66c65cac0>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe66c65c7f0>], 'means': []}
fig4, ax4 = plt.subplots()
ax4.set_title('Hide Outlier Points')
ax4.boxplot(data, showfliers=False)
Hide Outlier Points

Out:

{'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b959940>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b959cd0>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b9730a0>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b973430>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b9595b0>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b9737c0>], 'fliers': [], 'means': []}
red_square = dict(markerfacecolor='r', marker='s')
fig5, ax5 = plt.subplots()
ax5.set_title('Horizontal Boxes')
ax5.boxplot(data, vert=False, flierprops=red_square)
Horizontal Boxes

Out:

{'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65bb1e5e0>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65bb1e970>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65bb1ed00>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65bb250d0>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65bb1e250>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65bb25460>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65bb257c0>], 'means': []}
fig6, ax6 = plt.subplots()
ax6.set_title('Shorter Whisker Length')
ax6.boxplot(data, flierprops=red_square, vert=False, whis=0.75)
Shorter Whisker Length

Out:

{'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b5073a0>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b507730>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b507ac0>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b507e50>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b757fd0>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b51e220>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7fe65b51e580>], 'means': []}

Fake up some more data

Making a 2-D array only works if all the columns are the same length. If they are not, then use a list instead. This is actually more efficient because boxplot converts a 2-D array into a list of vectors internally anyway.

data = [data, d2, d2[::2]]
fig7, ax7 = plt.subplots()
ax7.set_title('Multiple Samples with Different sizes')
ax7.boxplot(data)

plt.show()
Multiple Samples with Different sizes

References

The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown in this example:

Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 1.620 seconds)

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