The plot type menu (selecting a plot type), Plot type characteristics – Texas Instruments TI-86 User Manual

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Chapter 14: Statistics

14STATS.DOC TI-86, Chap 14, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:33 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:04 PM Page 196 of 14

14STATS.DOC TI-86, Chap 14, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:33 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:04 PM Page 196 of 14

14STATS.DOC TI-86, Chap 14, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:33 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:04 PM Page 196 of 14

The PLOT TYPE Menu (Selecting a Plot Type)

PLOT1

PLOT2

PLOT3

PlOn

PlOff

SCAT

xyLINE

MBOX

HIST

BOX

At this prompt...

Enter this information:

Default is:

Displayed menu is:

Xlist Name=

independent-data list name

xStat

LIST

NAMES

menu

Ylist Name=

dependent-data list name

yStat

LIST

NAMES

menu

Freq=

frequency list name (or

1

)

fStat

(default value:

1

)

LIST

NAMES

menu

Mark=

plot mark (

or

+

or

¦)

(none for

HIST

or

BOX

)

PLOT MARK

menu

Any list you enter at the

Xlist Name=

prompt is stored to the list name

xStat

.

Any list you enter at the

Ylist Name=

prompt is stored to the list name

yStat

.

Any list you enter at the

Freq=

prompt is stored to

fStat

.

Plot Type Characteristics

®

SCAT

(scatter plot) plots the data points from

Xlist Name

and

Ylist Name

as coordinate

pairs, representing each point with a box (

), cross (

+

), or dot (

¦ ) mark type.

Xlist Name

and

Ylist Name

must be the same length.

Xlist Name

and

Ylist Name

can be the same list.

For the example:
xStat={1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}
yStat=5 sin(xStat)

Window variable values:
xMin=0

yMin=

L

10

xMax=10

yMax=10

To display the PLOT TYPE
menu, move the cursor onto
the plot type icon at the
Type=

prompt.

When you select a plot type,
the appearance of the stat
plot editor may change.

Stat plots are displayed on
the graph screen (

6

*

),

as defined by the window
variable values (Chapter 5).
Some graph tools apply to
stat plots.

In these stat plot examples,
all functions are deselected.
Also, menus are cleared from
the screen with

:

.

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