?boxplot The boxplot does not show the mean but the median: median(c(0,15,0,60,0,0,0,0,0,60,60,0,60,0,30,0))
> b <- boxplot(c(0,15,0,60,0,0,0,0,0,60,60,0,60,0,30,0)) b$stats [,1] [1,] 0 [2,] 0 [3,] 0 [4,] 45 [5,] 60 _____________________________ Professor Michael Kubovy University of Virginia Department of Psychology USPS: P.O.Box 400400 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4400 Parcels: Room 102 Gilmer Hall McCormick Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 Office: B011 +1-434-982-4729 Lab: B019 +1-434-982-4751 Fax: +1-434-982-4766 WWW: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mk9y/ On Apr 29, 2008, at 11:08 PM, Georg Ehret wrote: > Dear R user group, > I am working with boxplots and cannot solve the following problem: > >> data<-c(0,15,0,60,0,0,0,0,0,60,60,0,60,0,30,0) >> data > [1] 0 15 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 60 60 0 60 0 30 0 >> boxplot(data) > > > The boxplot has the first hinge and the mean-bar both at 0... Why is > this > the mean is clearly >0! > Thanking you and wishing you an excellent day, > Georg. > *************************** > Georg Ehret > Johns Hopkins University > Baltimore, US [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.