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+[[http://www.sofastatistics.com/userguide.php | Contents]]
+[[:home | Wiki]]
+====== Making Charts ======
+===== Overview =====
+SOFA Statistics support making a range of different charts:
+  * simple bar charts
+  * clustered bar charts
+  * pie charts
+  * line charts
+  * area charts
+  * histograms
+  * scatter plots
+  * box plots
+To make a chart, select the chart type, make any settings specific to that type of chart, and click on the "Show Results" button.
+{{:help:making_chart.jpg|}}
+===== Area charts - wide if needed =====
+Area charts can display as wide as necessary to show the data.
+{{:help:wide_area_chart.gif|}}
+===== Histograms and human-friendly bin ranges =====
+SOFA Statistics endeavours as much as possible to use human-friendly bins e.g. 10 - <20 rather than 9.86-19.54.
+{{:help:histograms_human_bins.gif|}}
+===== Scatter plots and number of data points =====
+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:
+{{:help:scatterplot_indiv_points.gif|}}
+When it is not practical to show every point, SOFA Statistics shows the scatter plot as a single, non-interactive image:
+{{:help:scatterplot_as_image_only.gif|}}
+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.
+{{:help:dot_borders_impact.gif|}}
+===== Chart series =====
+SOFA lets you produce charts in series e.g. bar charts by a second variable e.g. gender
+{{:help:chart_series_example.gif|}}
+{{:help:chart_series_example_pies.gif|}}
+[[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]]
+[[http://www.sofastatistics.com/userguide.php | Contents]]

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