Boxplot to assess outliers

Boxplot to assess outliers

Usage

outlier_boxplot(dat, project, x = NULL)

Arguments

dat

Primary data containing information on hauls or trips. Table in the FishSET database contains the string 'MainDataTable'.

project

Project name.

x

Variables in dat to check for outliers. Leave as x = NULL to plot all numeric variables. To specify multiple variables use c('var1', 'var2')

Value

Box and whisker plot for all numeric variables. Saved to `output` folder.

Details

Creates a visual representation of five summary statistics: median, two hinges (first and third quartiles), two whiskers (extends to 1.5*IQR where IQR is the distance between the first and third quartiles. "Outlying" points, those beyond the two whiskers (1.5*IQR) are shown individually.