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bug #44969: statistics -> boxplot: tics(), width of boxes, reference

Submitted by:  Martin Kunz <mkunz>
Submitted on:  Thu 30 Apr 2015 02:40:33 PM UTC  
 
Category: Octave Forge PackageSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Feature Request
Status: FixedAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Open/Closed: Closed
Release: 4.0.0Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Tue 02 Jun 2015 04:45:31 PM UTC, comment #3:

Retagging release from 4.0.0-rc3 to 4.0.0.

John W. Eaton <jwe>
Project Administrator
Tue 05 May 2015 12:37:08 PM UTC, comment #2:

Juan, thanks for changing the documentation.

@devs: please close this report, I started a new one for the box width feature request (bug #45006).

Martin Kunz <mkunz>
Thu 30 Apr 2015 05:03:11 PM UTC, comment #1:

I have fixed the documentation in the development version.

The other parts of the report are rather feature requests. Add a feature request ticket. also, if you can provide an example or explain better what you mean with the "switch" for the widths, we might implement that.

@devs: please close this bug.

Juan Pablo Carbajal <juanpi>
Project Member
Thu 30 Apr 2015 02:40:33 PM UTC, original submission:

Hi,

The documentation for boxplot() from the statistics package uses "tics" in the example, a command that is no longer available. The example can be fixed simply by copying the demo code which uses "set(gca,"xtick",...)".

The fact that the boxes' width depends on the number of samples is not mentioned in the documentation and might lead to confusion.
I would also suggest to implement a switch for this feature.

As a more general remark, some users might stumble upon this function for the first time, not knowing that "box plot" is a fixed term and referes to a well established plot type. For those users a reference, e.g. to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_plot, would probably be very helpful.

Best,
Martin

Martin Kunz <mkunz>

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Tue 02 Jun 2015 04:45:31 PM UTCjweRelease4.0.0-rc3=>4.0.0
    Tue 05 May 2015 01:24:48 PM UTCmtmillerStatusNone=>Fixed
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Tue 05 May 2015 11:53:57 AM UTCcarandraugItem GroupDocumentation=>Feature Request

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