Plot: General
In the Graph
Options dialog box, select the General
tab (located under Plot) to access
these options in the right pane of the dialog box. The options are used
for customizing general plot features including marker and line displays
and the assignment of axes.
Plot. Although all of
the options are the same for each plot, you can make changes to each plot
independently of the other. Select here the plot to which you want to
make changes. If you have several plots in one graph, you can assign names
to each plot using the Name box.
Plots. Click
this button to display the Plots
dialog box, where you can select more than one plot to which you want
to make changes.
Add
new plot/Delete. You can add a new plot by clicking the
Add new plot button and specifying
the plot to create in the New
plot(s) dialog box. To delete a plot, select the plot you want
to delete in the Plot box and
click the Delete button. Note
if there is only one plot in the graph, you cannot delete it (the Delete button will be unavailable).
However, you can choose not to display the plot by clearing the Display plot check box. To add or delete
custom functions, in the Graph
Options dialog box, select the Custom Function tab to display
these options.
Display
plot. If this check box is selected, the selected plot will
be shown in the graph. If this check box is cleared, the selected plot
will not be shown in the graph.
Markers.
Select the Markers check
box if you want to use point markers in the plot. You can customize the
appearance of the marker in the Marker
Properties dialog box, which is displayed when you click the
Markers button. The current specifications
for the marker are shown in the view box on the Markers
button.
Picture markers.
Click the Picture markers button
to display the Picture
Markers - Graphics Files Images dialog box, where you can attach
to individual points or groups of points one or more graphic files. These
facilities make it possible for you to, for example, create scatterplots
where every point is represented by a bitmap (image), and a different
bitmap (different image) is used for different groups of points.
Line.
Select the Line
check box to connect the data points in the plot with a line. If you select
this check box, you will need to specify a Line
type. You can customize the appearance of the line in the Line Properties dialog box, which
is available by clicking the Line
button. The current specifications for the line will be shown in the view
box on the Line button.
Line type. Choose to use either
a Regular line or a Step
line. In a regular line, the points will be connected (in sequential order)
with a single line. In a step line, the points are connected with a step
type line.
Area.
Select the Area check box to show the area under
the points in the plot. You can customize the appearance of the area in
the Area
Properties dialog box, which is available by clicking the Area button. The current specifications
for the area will be shown in the view box on the Area
button.
Line plots. The options in this group are applicable
only to line plots.
Line Type. From this drop-down
list, select either Regular or
Step to change the appearance
of the lines in the plot.
Ignore out of frame points.
This check box is selected by default. This option controls whether line
segments are drawn to points that fall outside the visible range when
the scaling has been adjusted via the Axis - Scaling tab of the Graph Options dialog box so that some
points are not in the current graph.
Ignore missing data points.
Select this check box to ignore the missing data in the graph. This option,
applicable only to line plots, is used to create line plots when gaps
in the data sequence will not break the line (the line will bridge all
gaps).
Ignore out of frame boxes.
Voronoi
line. Select the Voronoi
line check box to draw a Voronoi
line in the plot. You can customize the appearance of the line in the
Line
Properties dialog box, which is available by clicking the Voronoi line button. The current specifications
for the line will be shown in the view box on the Voronoi
line button. This option is applicable only to scatterplots.
Assignment
of axis. This option is not available
if the graph contains only one plot.
For both the X
and Y axis, you can specify the
assignment of the currently selected plot to a specific axis. The plot
will then be made against that axis. If you select Y
axis, you can either assign the plot to the Left,
Right, or Custom
axis. If you select X axis, you
can either assign the plot to the Top,
Bottom, or Custom
axis. Note that if a custom axis is not being used in the graph, the Custom option will be grayed. Additionally,
assigning the plot to the Top
or Right axis when neither axis
is being used in the graph, will not automatically cause the axis to appear.
Name.
If you have several plots on one graph, you can assign names
(in addition to the plot numbers) to each plot. Enter the name for the
currently selected plot in the Name
field. STATISTICA will
then add the name to the number given in the Plot
field.
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Click this button to display the Plot
Name dialog box, where you can further format the Name
of this plot, e.g., apply special fonts, font colors, etc.
Legend.
Use the Legend drop-down
box to assign a legend to the respective Plot. By default, this option
will be set to Auto, and a legend
may or may not be displayed, depending on the type of graph (e.g., by
default, for default simple 2D
scatterplots the legend will not be displayed, but for box-whisker
plots the legend(s) will be displayed). Other available settings are
On and Off.
Style.
Instead of using the options in this pane (e.g., Marker,
Area, Line,
etc.), you can select the style you want to use for this plot from the
Style drop-down list box. To
view a menu of options related to styles (Save,
Save As, Revert
to unmodified, etc.), click the
button to the right of this box. See Graphics
Styles for additional details.