ple (width, height) in inches layout : tuple (optional) The layout of the plot: (rows, columns). sharex : bool, default False Whether x-axes will be shared among subplots. sharey : bool, default True Whether y-axes will be shared among subplots. backend : str, default None Backend to use instead of the backend specified in the option ``plotting.backend``. For instance, 'matplotlib'. Alternatively, to specify the ``plotting.backend`` for the whole session, set ``pd.options.plotting.backend``. **kwargs All other plotting keyword arguments to be passed to matplotlib's boxplot function. Returns ------- dict of key/value = group key/DataFrame.boxplot return value or DataFrame.boxplot return value in case subplots=figures=False Examples -------- You can create boxplots for grouped data and show them as separate subplots: .. plot:: :context: close-figs >>> import itertools >>> tuples = [t for t in itertools.product(range(1000), range(4))] >>> index = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(tuples, names=['lvl0', 'lvl1']) >>> data = np.random.randn(len(index),4) >>> df = pd.DataFrame(data, columns=list('ABCD'), index=index) >>> grouped = df.groupby(level='lvl1') >>> grouped.boxplot(rot=45, fontsize=12, figsize=(8,10)) # doctest: +SKIP The ``subplots=False`` option shows the boxplots in a single figure. .. plot:: :context: close-figs >>> grouped.boxplot(subplots=False, rot=45, fontsize=12) # doctest: +SKIP ) rA