10-18 Statistics aplet
Relative Error The relative error is a measure of the error between 
predicted values and actual values based on the specified 
Fit. A smaller number means a better fit.
The relative error is stored in a variable named RELERR. 
The relative error provides a measure of fit accuracy for 
all fits, and it does depend on the Fit model you have 
chosen. 
HINT
In order to access the CORR and RELERR variables after 
you plot a set of statistics, you must press   to access 
the numeric view and then   to display the 
correlation values. The values are stored in the variables 
when you access the Symbolic view.
Setting up the plot (Plot setup view)
The Plot Setup view ( SETUP-PLOT) sets most of the 
same plotting parameters as it does for the other built-in 
aplets. 
See “About the Plot view” on page 2-5. Settings unique 
to the Statistics aplet are as follows:
Plot type (1VAR) STATPLOT enables you to specify either a histogram or 
a box-and-whisker plot for one-variable statistics (when 
 is set). Press   to change the highlighted 
setting
Histogram width HWIDTH enables you to specify the width of a histogram 
bar. This determines how many bars will fit in the display, 
as well as how the data is distributed (how many values 
each bar represents).
Histogram range HRNG enables you to specify the range of values for a set 
of histogram bars. The range runs from the left edge of the 
leftmost bar to the right edge of the rightmost bar. You 
can limit the range to exclude any values you suspect are 
outliers.
Plotting mark 
(2VAR)
S1MARK through S5MARK enables you to specify one of 
five symbols to use to plot each data set. Press   to 
change the highlighted setting.
Connected points 
(2VAR)
CONNECT (on the second page), when checkmarked, 
connects the data points as they are plotted. The resulting 
line is not the regression curve. The order of plotting is 
according to the ascending order of independent values. 
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