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Python matplotlib example 'boxplots'
Functions in program:
def make_boxplot(ax, data, title):
Modules used in program:
import numpy as np
python boxplots
Python matplotlib example: boxplots
import numpy as np
figsize = (10, 4) # set the fgsize for both the box plots and histograms
# make boxplots
# notch shape box plot
def make_boxplot(ax, data, title):
labels = [d.name for d in data]
ax.boxplot(data,
notch=True, # notch shape
vert=True, # vertical box aligmnent
labels=labels,
patch_artist=False,
showbox=True,
showfliers=False) # fill with color
ax.set_title(title)
# jittered data points, see <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23519135>
# seaborn does this better
for i, d in enumerate(data):
y = data[i]
x = np.random.normal(i+1, 0.02, len(y))
ax.plot(x, y, 'r.', alpha=0.6)
fig, ax = plt.subplots(ncols=3, figsize=figsize)
make_boxplot(ax[0], (df_deduped["asym_m"], df_deduped["asym_a"]), "asym")
make_boxplot(ax[1], (df_deduped["plates_m"], df_deduped["plates_a"]), "plates per m")
make_boxplot(ax[2], (df_deduped["hetp_m"], df_deduped["hetp_a"]), "hetp")
plt.tight_layout()
Python links
- Learn Python: https://pythonbasics.org/
- Python Tutorial: https://pythonprogramminglanguage.com