# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Ben Axelrod [mailto:baxel...@coroware.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:31 AM To: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Matplotlib-users] boxplot bug
I found an inconsistency with how boxplots are rendered between version 0.99.1 and the svn head. See attached images. I have never seen a boxplot cross back on itself like this before. Is this the expected behavior? Thanks, -Ben # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ben, Yes it is expected behavior. Confidence intervals around the median can easily go beyond the 1st and 3rd quartiles. If you're not comfortable with this, throw the data into R. I'm confident you'll get a similar result. I believe (not sure) that in the svn version you can specify that the CIs be computed from a bootstrapped median. Doing so might tighten the CIs up a bit. -Paul H. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
