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[jgorsk32]

Hi all,

 

I am getting familiar with this software and am trying to implement new techniques to visualize data. I am currently trying to make a box plot which visualizes a data set of clearance values. I have 2 or 3 questions when it comes to using this technique in phoenix and how to best represent my data.

 

1. Is it possible to overlay xy plot data on top of a box plot to see the distribution of the values taken into account when creating the plot?

2. Is it possible to change the orientation of the box plot to have a horizontally oriented visual representation?

3. Is there a way to better visualize the values of each point; in terms of the data labels I've noticed if there is any overlap on the points of a graph data tends to get hidden (this is moreso the case for an xy plot). 

 

If anyone has any reference materials to better understand how to implement this graphing technique in Phoenix, I would really appreciate it!

 

Thanks,

Joseph

[Simon Davis]

1) you can't overlay a box plot over XY plot.  however you could overlay several 'cuts' of the data in an XY plot.  for instance I sometimes present raw concentrations overlaid with mean +/-SE error bars. Would something like that be interesting?  if so please post an example project and indicte what you want to see.

 

2). would the bar plot option be adequate for this?
Note also with 8.2. a "next generation plotting" tool is added that shows a new graphics tool we are considering.

 

3) I have in the past used a data wizard to create a column of 'custom' data labels so it's blank for most and I only call out a few points of interest which might help you.

 SImon