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Maplesoft Document System Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:26:02 GMT Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:26:02 GMT The latest answers and comments added to the Question, How do I create a boxplot showing suspected outliers, outliers and fences http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/143592-How-Do-I-Create-A-Boxplot-Showing-Suspected http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/143592-How-Do-I-Create-A-Boxplot-Showing-Suspected?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:How do I create a boxplot showing suspected outliers, outliers and fences:Comments#answer143613 <p>If BoxPlot by itself does not give you exactly what you are looking for, you can add to it by combining plot structures, using the <a href='http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/search.aspx?term=display' target='_new'>?display</a> command.&nbsp; <a href='http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/search.aspx?term=textplot' target='_new'>?textplot</a> will allow you to annotate the plot wherever and however you like as well.</p> <form name="worksheet_form"> <table style="width: 576px;" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">restart:with(plots):with(Statistics):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">A := [seq(Sample(Normal(ln(i), 3), 100), i = 1 .. 5)]:</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">B:=BoxPlot(A, title = "Box Plot", color = red .. yellow, deciles = false, outliers=true):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">C := `&lt;,&gt;`(6, 7, 8, 8, 7):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">CC := `&lt;,&gt;`(6.3, 7.4, 8.5, 8.6, 7.7):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">E:=PointPlot(C,symbol=solidcircle,symbolsize=20,color=green):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">F:=PointPlot(CC,symbol=solidcircle,symbolsize=20,color=blue):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">G:=textplot([5.4, 7, "outliers"]):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">display(B,E,F,G);</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><a href="http://www.maplesoft.com/support/faqs/MapleNet/redirect.aspx?param=plot_java_14206"><img style="border: none;" src="/view.aspx?sf=143613/454145/18d64e11b0d9476844ca46ca1c53ddfa.gif" alt="" width="400" height="400" align="middle"></a></p> </td> <td style="color: #000000; font-family: Times, serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;" align="right">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <input type="hidden" name="sequence" value="1"><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="none"></form> <p><a href="/view.aspx?sf=143613/454145/BoxPlot.mw">Download BoxPlot.mw</a></p> <!--break--> <p>Regards,</p> <p>Georgios Kokovidis</p> <p>Dr&auml;ger Medical</p> <p>If BoxPlot by itself does not give you exactly what you are looking for, you can add to it by combining plot structures, using the <a href='http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/search.aspx?term=display' target='_new'>?display</a> command.&nbsp; <a href='http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/search.aspx?term=textplot' target='_new'>?textplot</a> will allow you to annotate the plot wherever and however you like as well.</p> <form name="worksheet_form"> <table style="width: 576px;" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">restart:with(plots):with(Statistics):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">A := [seq(Sample(Normal(ln(i), 3), 100), i = 1 .. 5)]:</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">B:=BoxPlot(A, title = "Box Plot", color = red .. yellow, deciles = false, outliers=true):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">C := `&lt;,&gt;`(6, 7, 8, 8, 7):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">CC := `&lt;,&gt;`(6.3, 7.4, 8.5, 8.6, 7.7):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">E:=PointPlot(C,symbol=solidcircle,symbolsize=20,color=green):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">F:=PointPlot(CC,symbol=solidcircle,symbolsize=20,color=blue):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">G:=textplot([5.4, 7, "outliers"]):</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;"> &gt;&nbsp;</span></td> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="left"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 100%; font-family: Courier New,monospace; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">display(B,E,F,G);</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody> <tr valign="baseline"> <td> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><a href="http://www.maplesoft.com/support/faqs/MapleNet/redirect.aspx?param=plot_java_14206"><img style="border: none;" src="/view.aspx?sf=143613/454145/18d64e11b0d9476844ca46ca1c53ddfa.gif" alt="" width="400" height="400" align="middle"></a></p> </td> <td style="color: #000000; font-family: Times, serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;" align="right">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <input type="hidden" name="sequence" value="1"><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="none"></form> <p><a href="/view.aspx?sf=143613/454145/BoxPlot.mw">Download BoxPlot.mw</a></p> <!--break--> <p>Regards,</p> <p>Georgios Kokovidis</p> <p>Dr&auml;ger Medical</p> 143613 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:55:50 Z gkokovidis gkokovidis http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/143592-How-Do-I-Create-A-Boxplot-Showing-Suspected?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:How do I create a boxplot showing suspected outliers, outliers and fences:Comments#comment143619 <p>Just noticed something in boxplot.</p> <p>When deciles=true not all points are displayed as small symbols.&nbsp; Shouldn't they be?&nbsp;</p> <p>Bee swarm plot, bean plot and violin plots could be nice quick small additions to the Statistics plot options.&nbsp; </p> <p>Just noticed something in boxplot.</p> <p>When deciles=true not all points are displayed as small symbols.&nbsp; Shouldn't they be?&nbsp;</p> <p>Bee swarm plot, bean plot and violin plots could be nice quick small additions to the Statistics plot options.&nbsp; </p> 143619 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:53:10 Z Christopher2222 Christopher2222