User Guide

Boxplots
Simple boxplots are commonly used to
summarize five aspects of a data set: the
minimum, 1
st
quartile, median, 3
rd
quartile and
maximum. Boxplots are useful when
comparing two or more sets of data.
Differences in the median and the spread of
the datasets are clearly visible with a boxplot.
In addition, the presence of outliers can often
be inferred from boxplots.
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1. Boxplots are available for “Projects” and
“Sub-Projects” and can be accessed in
the Project Details view.
2. In the Project Info area, selecting the
“Boxplot” link will open a new browser
window containing the boxplot for the
project.
3. The x-axis indicates the “Conditions” (or
“Categories”) in the project. If more
than one experiment was included for
the condition the graph represents the
distribution of the combined dataset.
4. In the Group Info area, boxplots can be
accessed by selecting the “View
Boxplot” link for a specific “Condition”.
The Boxplot summarizes the combined
individual experiment for each of the
“Conditions”.
5. The x-axis indicates the individual
experiments included in the project for
the selected condition. The boxplot
summarizes the data distribution for
each of the replicates in the condition.