Using Data & Statistics 109
Plot Properties Menu Tools
X-Y Line Plot Displays data as an x-y line plot.
Tool name Tool function
Connect Data Points Draws a line between each point on a
scatter plot. Lines are connected in the
order of data entry in the horizontal axis
data set. This is the same as the X-Y Line
plot type
Histogram Properties: Determines how the histogram data
displays in the work area.
Count Displays data in the histogram by
occurrence in the data set.
Percent Displays data in the histogram by each
bin’s percent value of the whole data set.
Density Displays data in the histogram by data
density.
Bins Displays a dialog for setting the histogram
values for bin width and alignment.
Extend Box Plot
Whiskers/ Show Box
Plot Outliers
Extend Box Plot Whiskers extends the
whiskers to the min and max of the data.
Show Box Plot Outliers stops at 1.5*
Interquartile Range and shows outliers as
individual dots.
Note: If there are no points outside of
1.5* Interquartile Range, there may
appear to be no whisker change.
Add X Variable Adds a variable to the horizontal axis
when no variable is assigned.
Remove X Variable Removes the display of the variable
assigned to the horizontal axis without
changing the vertical axis.
Add Y Variable Adds a variable to the vertical axis to
support the plotting of multiple variables.
Tool name Tool function