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Citrin Box & Whisker and Box-Percentile Charts

The box & whisker graphs display rank statistics. They can have the form of a box or notched box that spans the distance between the two quartiles surrounding the median.

A box-percentile plot gives the same graphical information as a box plot, but also uses width to encode information about the shape of the distributions.


The Options for Plotting the Whisker and Outliers

  • Whiskers extended to extreme data points
  • Q1 - 1.5 * IQR, Q3 + 1.5 * IQR
  • Q1 - 1.5 * IQR, Q3 + 1.5 * IQR (and outliers)
  • 10th percentile, 90th percentile
  • 10th percentile, 90th percentile (and outliers)
  • 5th percentile, 95th percentile
  • 5th percentile, 95th percentile (and outliers)

Two-Way Box & Whisker and Box-Percentile Charts

A two-way box & whisker or box-percentile plot allows comparing rank statistics of response data (scores, measurements) obtained from pq levels of two experimental factors (i.e.,k=pq samples/groups).

Required Worksheet Layout

One-Way Box & Whisker and Box-Percentile Charts

The one-way plots are designed for comparing rank statistics of response data from k>=2 samples/groups, with response values of each group being stored in a separate numeric column, i.e., no grouping variable is required to split the data into its subsets.

A One-way Box & Whisker Chart Displaying
5th Percentile, 95th Percentile, and Outliers

A One-Way Box-Percentile Chart With Width Encoding
Information About the Shape of the Distributions

A One-way Box & Whisker Chart With Whiskers
Extended to Extreme Data Points

A One-way Box & Whisker Chart Displaying
Data Points by Group