Follow the steps below to space box plots at irregular intervals along the axis.

1. Click the Home | New Graph | Statistical | Vertical Box Plot () command.
2. Click on the box plot in the Object Manager to select it.
3. In the Property Manager, click on the Plot tab.
4. Change the Last variable to be the same as the First variable. Only one box is now plotted.
5. In the Object Manager, click on the Box Plot Axis 1 to select it.
6. In the Property Manager, click on the Axis tab.
7. Change the Length to twice the desired width of the bar. If the box should be 0.5 inches wide, make the Length equal to 1.0 inches.
8. Click the Graph Tools | Add to Graph | Plot command.
9. In the dropdown menu, select Box Plot - Vertical Plot.
10. Click OK in the Choose Axes dialog to create a new X axis.
11. Select the data file and click Open.
12. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for the new box plot.
13. In the plot window, click and drag the new box plot axis to move it to the desired location.
14. Repeat steps 8-13 for each additional box plot.
    
    1. 1. If the labels are incorrect on the box plot axes, you can uncheck the boxes in the Object Manager next to each Box Plot Axis name. Then, add a new axis by clicking the Graph Tools | Add to Graph | Axis command. Label the new axis as desired.
15. To move keep your boxes relatively positioned so that they move with other plot changes, link your boxes to the appropriate axis in the Link Axis tab of the Property Manager.

Here's an example graph using the steps above:

Create variable spaced box plots using multiple box-plot axes.

Updated May 2023