An adjusted boxplot for skewed distributions

The boxplot is a very popular graphical tool for visualizing the distribution of continuous unimodal data. It shows information about the location, spread, skewness as well as the tails of the data. However, when the data are skewed, usually many points exceed the whiskers and are often erroneously...

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Published in:	Computational statistics & data analysis Vol. 52; no. 12; pp. 5186 - 5201
Main Authors:	Hubert, M., Vandervieren, E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.08.2008 Elsevier Science Elsevier
Series:	Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
Subjects:	Distribution theory Exact sciences and technology General topics Mathematics Multivariate analysis Numerical analysis Numerical analysis. Scientific computation Numerical methods in probability and statistics Probability and statistics Sciences and techniques of general use Statistics Outlier Discriminant analysis Data analysis Statistical computation Statistical distribution Simulation Skewness Distribution function Skewness measure Approximation theory Multivariate analysis Coefficient of skewness
ISSN:	0167-9473, 1872-7352
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