箱线图

使用 matplotlib 可视化箱线图。

以下示例展示了如何使用 Matplotlib 可视化箱线图。有很多选项可以控制它们的显示方式以及它们用来汇总数据的统计信息。

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

from matplotlib.patches import Polygon

# Fixing random state for reproducibility
np.random.seed(19680801)

# fake up some data
spread = np.random.rand(50) * 100
center = np.ones(25) * 50
flier_high = np.random.rand(10) * 100 + 100
flier_low = np.random.rand(10) * -100
data = np.concatenate((spread, center, flier_high, flier_low))

fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 3)

# basic plot
axs[0, 0].boxplot(data)
axs[0, 0].set_title('basic plot')

# notched plot
axs[0, 1].boxplot(data, 1)
axs[0, 1].set_title('notched plot')

# change outlier point symbols
axs[0, 2].boxplot(data, 0, 'gD')
axs[0, 2].set_title('change outlier\npoint symbols')

# don't show outlier points
axs[1, 0].boxplot(data, 0, '')
axs[1, 0].set_title("don't show\noutlier points")

# horizontal boxes
axs[1, 1].boxplot(data, 0, 'rs', 0)
axs[1, 1].set_title('horizontal boxes')

# change whisker length
axs[1, 2].boxplot(data, 0, 'rs', 0, 0.75)
axs[1, 2].set_title('change whisker length')

fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.08, right=0.98, bottom=0.05, top=0.9,
                    hspace=0.4, wspace=0.3)

# fake up some more data
spread = np.random.rand(50) * 100
center = np.ones(25) * 40
flier_high = np.random.rand(10) * 100 + 100
flier_low = np.random.rand(10) * -100
d2 = np.concatenate((spread, center, flier_high, flier_low))
# Making a 2-D array only works if all the columns are the
# same length.  If they are not, then use a list instead.
# This is actually more efficient because boxplot converts
# a 2-D array into a list of vectors internally anyway.
data = [data, d2, d2[::2]]

# Multiple box plots on one Axes
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.boxplot(data)

plt.show()

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在下面，我们将从五个不同的概率分布中生成数据，每个分布都有不同的特征。我们想玩玩 IID 自助重采样数据如何保留原始样本的分布特性，箱线图是一个用于进行此评估的可视化工具。

random_dists = ['Normal(1, 1)', 'Lognormal(1, 1)', 'Exp(1)', 'Gumbel(6, 4)',
                'Triangular(2, 9, 11)']
N = 500

norm = np.random.normal(1, 1, N)
logn = np.random.lognormal(1, 1, N)
expo = np.random.exponential(1, N)
gumb = np.random.gumbel(6, 4, N)
tria = np.random.triangular(2, 9, 11, N)

# Generate some random indices that we'll use to resample the original data
# arrays. For code brevity, just use the same random indices for each array
bootstrap_indices = np.random.randint(0, N, N)
data = [
    norm, norm[bootstrap_indices],
    logn, logn[bootstrap_indices],
    expo, expo[bootstrap_indices],
    gumb, gumb[bootstrap_indices],
    tria, tria[bootstrap_indices],
]

fig, ax1 = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 6))
fig.canvas.manager.set_window_title('A Boxplot Example')
fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.075, right=0.95, top=0.9, bottom=0.25)

bp = ax1.boxplot(data, notch=False, sym='+', vert=True, whis=1.5)
plt.setp(bp['boxes'], color='black')
plt.setp(bp['whiskers'], color='black')
plt.setp(bp['fliers'], color='red', marker='+')

# Add a horizontal grid to the plot, but make it very light in color
# so we can use it for reading data values but not be distracting
ax1.yaxis.grid(True, linestyle='-', which='major', color='lightgrey',
               alpha=0.5)

ax1.set(
    axisbelow=True,  # Hide the grid behind plot objects
    title='Comparison of IID Bootstrap Resampling Across Five Distributions',
    xlabel='Distribution',
    ylabel='Value',
)

# Now fill the boxes with desired colors
box_colors = ['darkkhaki', 'royalblue']
num_boxes = len(data)
medians = np.empty(num_boxes)
for i in range(num_boxes):
    box = bp['boxes'][i]
    box_x = []
    box_y = []
    for j in range(5):
        box_x.append(box.get_xdata()[j])
        box_y.append(box.get_ydata()[j])
    box_coords = np.column_stack([box_x, box_y])
    # Alternate between Dark Khaki and Royal Blue
    ax1.add_patch(Polygon(box_coords, facecolor=box_colors[i % 2]))
    # Now draw the median lines back over what we just filled in
    med = bp['medians'][i]
    median_x = []
    median_y = []
    for j in range(2):
        median_x.append(med.get_xdata()[j])
        median_y.append(med.get_ydata()[j])
        ax1.plot(median_x, median_y, 'k')
    medians[i] = median_y[0]
    # Finally, overplot the sample averages, with horizontal alignment
    # in the center of each box
    ax1.plot(np.average(med.get_xdata()), np.average(data[i]),
             color='w', marker='*', markeredgecolor='k')

# Set the axes ranges and axes labels
ax1.set_xlim(0.5, num_boxes + 0.5)
top = 40
bottom = -5
ax1.set_ylim(bottom, top)
ax1.set_xticklabels(np.repeat(random_dists, 2),
                    rotation=45, fontsize=8)

# Due to the Y-axis scale being different across samples, it can be
# hard to compare differences in medians across the samples. Add upper
# X-axis tick labels with the sample medians to aid in comparison
# (just use two decimal places of precision)
pos = np.arange(num_boxes) + 1
upper_labels = [str(round(s, 2)) for s in medians]
weights = ['bold', 'semibold']
for tick, label in zip(range(num_boxes), ax1.get_xticklabels()):
    k = tick % 2
    ax1.text(pos[tick], .95, upper_labels[tick],
             transform=ax1.get_xaxis_transform(),
             horizontalalignment='center', size='x-small',
             weight=weights[k], color=box_colors[k])

# Finally, add a basic legend
fig.text(0.80, 0.08, f'{N} Random Numbers',
         backgroundcolor=box_colors[0], color='black', weight='roman',
         size='x-small')
fig.text(0.80, 0.045, 'IID Bootstrap Resample',
         backgroundcolor=box_colors[1],
         color='white', weight='roman', size='x-small')
fig.text(0.80, 0.015, '*', color='white', backgroundcolor='silver',
         weight='roman', size='medium')
fig.text(0.815, 0.013, ' Average Value', color='black', weight='roman',
         size='x-small')

plt.show()

在这里，我们编写了一个自定义函数来对置信区间进行自助采样。然后，我们可以将箱线图与该函数一起使用来显示这些区间。

def fake_bootstrapper(n):
    """
    This is just a placeholder for the user's method of
    bootstrapping the median and its confidence intervals.

    Returns an arbitrary median and confidence interval packed into a tuple.
    """
    if n == 1:
        med = 0.1
        ci = (-0.25, 0.25)
    else:
        med = 0.2
        ci = (-0.35, 0.50)
    return med, ci

inc = 0.1
e1 = np.random.normal(0, 1, size=500)
e2 = np.random.normal(0, 1, size=500)
e3 = np.random.normal(0, 1 + inc, size=500)
e4 = np.random.normal(0, 1 + 2*inc, size=500)

treatments = [e1, e2, e3, e4]
med1, ci1 = fake_bootstrapper(1)
med2, ci2 = fake_bootstrapper(2)
medians = [None, None, med1, med2]
conf_intervals = [None, None, ci1, ci2]

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
pos = np.arange(len(treatments)) + 1
bp = ax.boxplot(treatments, sym='k+', positions=pos,
                notch=True, bootstrap=5000,
                usermedians=medians,
                conf_intervals=conf_intervals)

ax.set_xlabel('treatment')
ax.set_ylabel('response')
plt.setp(bp['whiskers'], color='k', linestyle='-')
plt.setp(bp['fliers'], markersize=3.0)
plt.show()

在这里，我们自定义了帽子的宽度。

x = np.linspace(-7, 7, 140)
x = np.hstack([-25, x, 25])
fig, ax = plt.subplots()

ax.boxplot([x, x], notch=True, capwidths=[0.01, 0.2])

plt.show()

参考资料

本示例中展示了以下函数、方法、类和模块的使用

• matplotlib.axes.Axes.boxplot / matplotlib.pyplot.boxplot

• matplotlib.artist.Artist.set / matplotlib.pyplot.setp