The Data tab is available when:
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Data tab for box chart | Data tab for histogram |
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This group of settings is only available when the source plot is a box chart displaying the binned data.
Select Dots, Bars, or Dots + Bars from the Type drop-down list. Dots shows the individual binned data points and bars shows a histogram-like representation of the data, with bars of the specified bin size.
Select the Single Block Barplot check box to remove the lines between bins when Bars or Dots + Bars is selected from the Type drop-down list.
(Bins aligned left are shown here.)
Select the Snap Points to Bin check box to align the binned data points horizontally in the bins.
Edit the bin limits by clearing the Automatic Binning check box and editing the associated text boxes, Bin Size, Number of Bins, Beginning, and End.
Number of Bins = (Beginnning-End) / Bin Size
The radio box under the Automatic Binning check box is used to specify how to divide the bins. When you select By Increment, you can enter a fixed size for bins in the Bin Size text box. When you select By Intervals, the Number of Bins text box will be editable.
Set the height of each bin. This text box is only available when the source plot is a box chart displaying the binned data. Since the bins are displayed on their sides, this value corresponds to the width of the data point display.
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Overlay a distribution curve on the binned data or histogram by selecting Normal, Lognormal, Poisson, Exponential, Laplace, Lorentz or Weibull from the Type drop-down list. The Preview window displays your selection. Curves selected from the Type drop-down list are not "fitted" to your data. Instead, Origin determines the data mean, then overlays the curve so that means coincide. If it is a two parameter curve, Origin takes into account the standard deviation of your data. |
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| Scale to Maximum(%) |
Check the Scale to Maximum(%) check box to control the amplitude of the distribution curve. For example, if you set 200, the amplitude of the curve would be doubled compared to the Maximum value of histogram. Note: In addition to selecting values from the drop-down list, you can also manually enter a value in the box. |
This group of settings is only available when the source plot is a box chart displaying the binned data.
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Select Add Distribution Curves to add the distribution curves data to the bin worksheet. When you click the Go button, a Bin workbook containing the computed quantities of bins will be created, and the Plot Details dialog will be closed.