Series: Range/Bins

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Subtab menu: Mode | Range/Bins | Style | Error Bars | Color Bar | Color Bar Ticks

The Range/Bins tab is used to set the range and bin options for histogram and contour plots.

Some controls only appear for certain plots or with certain options selected.

Control Name	Use/Options
Normalization	Sets the normalization scale. None % -- percentage p -- probability 1/Δx -- density. Used with variable bin width; the number of cases per unit of the variable on the horizontal axis. p/Δx -- probability density
X bins	Selects how the X bins are determined. Auto -- the plot chooses the number and range of X bins Manual -- the user selects the number and range of X bins
Max # X bins	Sets the maximum number of X bins. The number will be used in an algorithm that decides the optimal bin size. [0]/-/+/slider -- scale is 0 to 100
X range	Manually sets the range for the X bins. [] -- set the starting value for the x bins [] -- set the end value for the x-axis bins
X bin size	Manually sets the size for the X bins. [] -- set the step in-between value each x-axis bin
Y bins	Selects how the Y bins are determined. Auto -- the plot chooses the number and range of Y bins Manual -- the user selects the number and range of Y bins
...Max #	Sets the maximum number of Y bins. The number will be used in an algorithm that decides the optimal bin size. [0]/-/+/slider -- scale is 0 to 100
Y range	Manually sets the range for the Y bins. [] -- set the starting value for the y-axis bins [] -- set the end value for the y-axis bins
Y bin size	Manually sets the size for the Y bins. [] -- set the step in-between value each y-axis bin
Contours	Sets how the contours are determined. Auto -- the plot chooses the contour levels Manual -- the user selects the contour levels. Using the Range or Size fields below will set this field to "Manual."
...Max #	Sets the maximum number of contour steps. [0]/-/+/slider -- scale is 0 to 100
...Range	Manually sets the range for the contours. [] -- set the start value for the contour level [] -- set the end value for the contour level
...Size	Manually sets the step size between each contour level. [] -- set the step size between each contour level
Z range	Auto Manual [] -- set the start value for the Z range [] -- set the end value for the Z range
Bin Function	Selects the function used to fill in the bin. Count -- count the number of values in the bin Σ(Y) -- sum of the Y values in the bin. Avg(Y) -- average of the Y values in the bin Min(Y) -- the minimum of the Y values in the bin Max(Y) -- the maximum of the Y values in the bin.

See Also Data Explorer