(ORG-2523)
Sample OPJ to download to try: Box Plot.opj
Grouped Box Chart
(Indexed ORG-948, Raw ORG-8510)
Origin supports plotting grouped Box chart from both Indexed Data or Raw Data. Menus are available under Plot: Statistics menu. Buttons are available from 2D Graphs toolbar. | |
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Box width and position with information from Column Label Rows
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More Control of Data and Box
(ORG-5901, ORG-5881, ORG-1905)
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I Shape Box
(ORG-7839)
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Individual Controls for Whiskers Caps Median Mean and Distribution curve
(ORG-816)
Box Chart Legend
(ORG-4346)
Right click graph and choose Add/Update Legend Entries:Box Chart Components.
Built-in Box Chart Themes
(ORG-7916)
With Box chart graph window active, open Tools:Theme Organizer.
We provide some common box chart themes. User can apply it to quickly change box chart.
How to
The Sample OPJ includes 6 sample graphs to show the remarkable improvements in box chart
Grouped Box Plot with Color-indexed Data Points
To plot the grouped box plot
- Active the workbook in the folder, highlight column E through column J, select "Plot: Statistics: Grouped Box Charts - Raw Data" from Origin menu
- In the opened dialog, apply the settings as image below and click OK button to create a graph
Before we set the axes of the box chart, we prepare the number of data points of each column in "CC.MI" sheet by steps as below
- Highlight the rows for A386 of "CC.MI" sheet
- Type script below in the Script Window and press Enter. (If Script Window is not opened yet, open it from menu, Window: Script Window)
colstats; - Set the sheet name as A386_CC.MI
- Do the same to have C334_CC.MI sheet
To customized the box plot
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1> Grouped Box plot
-->Plot Details dialog, Group tab
2> Table option for the tick labels.
-->Axis dialog, Tick Labels>Bottom/Top Node, Table check box
3> Data symbol color supports indexing (grouping)
-->Plot Details dialog, Symbol tab
4> Separated control of Whisker, Cap, Median, Mean and Distribution Curve
-->Plot Details dialog, Line tab
5> I-shape box
-->Plot Details dialog, Box tab
6> Outliers aligned in a line
-->Plot Details dialog, Box tab
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To set subgroup size:
1). Go to "Plot Details" dialog, Plot Properties level, "Group" tab, You will find a new control group called "Subgrouping".
2). You can choose the subgroup size in the drag-down list. Origin9.1 support subgroup size up to 14 boxes.
3). Checking the "Use Increment" checkbox to repeat the increment list in each subgroup.
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To set tick label tables:
1). Open Axis Dialog, go to "Tick Labels" page under the axis you want to put tables on.
2). Check "Table" checkbox, and detailed setting interfaces will show in the dialog.
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To index data point color:
1). Go to "Plot Details" dialog, Plot Properties level, "Box" tab, and set "Type" to show the data points. (In Graph1, type is set to "Box[Right]+Data[Left]")
2). Go to "Symbol" tab, set your symbol type and choose the index column in color drag-down list. (In Graph1, symbol is open circle and edge color is indexed by col(B))
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To custom Whisker, Cap, Median, Mean or Distribution Curve:
1). Go to "Plot Details" dialog, Plot Properties level, "Lines" tab.
2). Each line details can be customlized. (In Graph2&4, whisker color is set to Gray and Cap length is 0, mean/madian line s are also customlized)
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To set I-Shape Box and Outliers aligned in a line:
1). Go to "Plot Details" dialog, Plot Properties level, "Box" tab, and set "Style" to "I-Shape box".
2). Check "Outliers" checkbox and "Outliers in a line" checkbox to show outliers.
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See each sample's instruction in more detailed notes