Don't limit notch size in boxplot to q1-q3 range

astraw · astraw · commit d77a57f6b99b · 2009-12-18T22:25:35.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=8040
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2009-12-18 Don't limit notch size in boxplot to q1-q3 range, as this
+           is effectively making the data look better than it is. - ADS
+
 2009-12-18 mlab.prctile handles even-length data, such that the median
            is the mean of the two middle values. - ADS
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
@@ -5035,10 +5035,6 @@ def boxplot(self, x, notch=0, sym='b+', vert=1, whis=1.5,
             else:
                 notch_max = med + 1.57*iq/np.sqrt(row)
                 notch_min = med - 1.57*iq/np.sqrt(row)
-                if notch_max > q3:
-                    notch_max = q3
-                if notch_min < q1:
-                    notch_min = q1
                 # make our notched box vectors
                 box_x = [box_x_min, box_x_max, box_x_max, cap_x_max, box_x_max,
                          box_x_max, box_x_min, box_x_min, cap_x_min, box_x_min,
