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+ | [[http://www.sofastatistics.com/userguide.php | Contents]] | ||
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+ | [[:home | Wiki]] | ||
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+ | ====== Making Charts ====== | ||
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+ | ===== Overview ===== | ||
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+ | SOFA Statistics support making a range of different charts: | ||
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+ | * simple bar charts | ||
+ | * clustered bar charts | ||
+ | * pie charts | ||
+ | * line charts | ||
+ | * area charts | ||
+ | * histograms | ||
+ | * scatter plots | ||
+ | * box plots | ||
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+ | To make a chart, select the chart type, make any settings specific to that type of chart, and click on the "Show Results" button. | ||
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+ | {{:help:making_chart.jpg|}} | ||
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+ | ===== Area charts - wide if needed ===== | ||
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+ | Area charts can display as wide as necessary to show the data. | ||
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+ | {{:help:wide_area_chart.gif|}} | ||
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+ | ===== Histograms and human-friendly bin ranges ===== | ||
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+ | SOFA Statistics endeavours as much as possible to use human-friendly bins e.g. 10 - <20 rather than 9.86-19.54. | ||
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+ | {{:help:histograms_human_bins.gif|}} | ||
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+ | ===== Scatter plots and number of data points ===== | ||
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+ | Unless the number of data points is too high, SOFA shows each item in a scatter plot as a dynamic item you can interact with: | ||
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+ | {{:help:scatterplot_indiv_points.gif|}} | ||
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+ | When it is not practical to show every point, SOFA Statistics shows the scatter plot as a single, non-interactive image: | ||
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+ | {{:help:scatterplot_as_image_only.gif|}} | ||
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+ | Usually, SOFA displays dot borders to make it easier to see the data but sometimes they simply get in the way. Fortunately, it is possible to turn them off if required. | ||
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+ | {{:help:dot_borders_impact.gif|}} | ||
+ | ===== Chart series ===== | ||
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+ | SOFA lets you produce charts in series e.g. bar charts by a second variable e.g. gender | ||
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+ | {{:help:chart_series_example.gif|}} | ||
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+ | {{:help:chart_series_example_pies.gif|}} | ||
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+ | [[http://www.sofastatistics.com/videos.php#charts |{{:help:play_button.gif|}}]] A video is available showing how to make charts: [[http://www.sofastatistics.com/videos.php#charts | Making charts video]] | ||
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+ | [[http://www.sofastatistics.com/userguide.php | Contents]] | ||