Boxplot that uses 3*IQR to determine outliers

This macro creates a boxplot in which the outliers are based on 3 times the interquartile range (instead of 1.5) and may be stored in the worksheet.

Download the Macro

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Important

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Download BOXPLOT3.mac

Required Inputs

A column of numeric values

Optional Inputs

STORE C: Use to specify a column to store the outliers.

Running the Macro

Suppose your data are in C1, and you want to store the outliers in C6. To run the macro, choose View > Command Line/History and type:

%BOXPLOT3 C1;
STORE C6.

Click Run.