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  \item{varwidth}{if \code{varwidth} is \code{TRUE}, the boxes are
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  \item{varwidth}{if \code{varwidth} is \code{TRUE}, the boxes are
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    drawn with widths proportional to the square-roots of the number
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    drawn with widths proportional to the square-roots of the number
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    of observations in the groups.}
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    of observations in the groups.}
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  \item{notch}{if \code{notch} is \code{TRUE}, a notch is drawn in
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  \item{notch}{if \code{notch} is \code{TRUE}, a notch is drawn in
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    each side of the boxes.  If the notches of two plots do not
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    each side of the boxes.  If the notches of two plots do not
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    overlap then the medians are significantly different at the 5
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    overlap this is \sQuote{strong evidence} that the two medians differ
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    (Chambers \emph{et al.}, 1983, p. 62).  See \code{\link{boxplot.stats}}
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    percent level.}
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    for the calculations used.}
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  \item{outline}{if \code{outline} is not true, the boxplot lines are
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  \item{outline}{if \code{outline} is not true, the boxplot lines are
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    not drawn.}% the argument name is most ugly but S+ compatible
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    not drawn.}% the argument name is most ugly but S+ compatible
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  \item{names}{group labels which will be printed under each boxplot.}
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  \item{names}{group labels which will be printed under each boxplot.}
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  \item{boxwex}{a scale factor to be applied to all boxes.  When there
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  \item{boxwex}{a scale factor to be applied to all boxes.  When there
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    are only a few groups, the appearance of the plot can be improved
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    are only a few groups, the appearance of the plot can be improved
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\references{
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\references{
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  Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988)
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  Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988)
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  \emph{The New S Language}.
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  \emph{The New S Language}.
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  Wadsworth \& Brooks/Cole.
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  Wadsworth \& Brooks/Cole.
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  Chambers, J. M. and Cleveland, W. S. and Kleiner, B. and Tukey,
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  P. A. (1983) \emph{Graphical Methods for Data Analysis.}  Duxbury Press.
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  See also \code{\link{boxplot.stats}}.
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  See also \code{\link{boxplot.stats}}.
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}
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}
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\seealso{
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\seealso{
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  \code{\link{boxplot.stats}} which does the computation,
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  \code{\link{boxplot.stats}} which does the computation,
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  \code{\link{bxp}} for the plotting;
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  \code{\link{bxp}} for the plotting;