Series: Range/Bins

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

Use the Range/Bins tab 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 -- you select 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.
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 -- you select 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.
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 -- you select the contour levels. Using the Range or Size fields below will set this field to "Manual."
...Max # Sets the maximum number of contour steps.
...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