Comments on: Box and Whisker Chart Median Options

By: derek

derek — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:54:29 +0000

I vote line at median, colour to be selected by user, and border enclosing two quartiles, colour to be separately chosen by user. So that’s two yes/no choices and two colour choices; or two colour choices, each of which offers “none” as a colour.

By: Michael W Cristiani

Michael W Cristiani — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:34:37 +0000

John,

Count me in for the darkline at median. Clean, no mistaking the intent. If there are not borders around the quartile ranges, this is “perfect”.

MANY BLESSINGS!
Peace and All Good!
Michael

By: Danièle

Danièle — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:07:35 +0000

I would also vote for the dark line as it stands out better.

The different coloured quartiles are also very striking (though I’d probably would choose two different tones of grey)… for those (?) “waterfall” charts (?!)

I had never thought of presenting the whisker plots in logarithmic scales, and yet, there were times I probably should have, so the newer median look will be welcome!
Cheers,
Danièle

By: Naomi B. Robbins

Naomi B. Robbins — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:52:24 +0000

I vote for the dark line at median. The most important elements of the figure should stand out the most and the median is an important statistic in a box plot.