Plotting, To plot, Plotting -19 – HP 38g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Plotting

You can plot:

® Histograms (IVAR).

» Box-and-whisker plots (IVAR).

» Scatter plots of data (2VAR). Pressing

{{FIT}}

draws a

curve to fit the data points according to the current Fit

model and calculates regression coefficients.

Once you have entered your data (Numeric view), defined

your data set (Symbolic view), and defined your Fit model for

two-variable statistics (Symbolic Setup), you can plot your

data. You can select up to five Scatter or Box-and-Whisker

plots at a time. You can plot only one Histogram at a time.

To plot

statistical data

1

.

2

.

3.

4.

In Symbolic view

(|

symb

|),

select (checkmark) the data

sets you want to plot.

For one-variable data

({{I

varh

}}),

select the plot type in

Plot Setup (■

[SETUP-PLOT]).

Highlight

STATPLOT,

press

{{CHOOS}},

select either

Histogram

or

BoxWhisker,

and press

{{OK}}.

For any plot, but especially for a histogram, adjust the

plotting scale and range in the Plot Setup view. If you find
histogram bars too fat or too thin, you can adjust them
with the HWIDTH setting.

Press (

plot

). If you have not adjusted the Plot Setup

yourself, you can try

■ [VIEWS]

select Auto Scale

{{OK}}.

H i n t

Using Autoscaling is often the best way to plot, as it
automatically adjusts the plotting scale to the relevant
range.

Statistics 5-19

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