Johan Simbade
Graph plotters are extremely useful and convenient tools for both data analysis and teaching. When you first start the Graph plotter, you’ll notice the Edit statistics tab. Data can be entered here, manipulated and stored on this screen. The View statistics tab is where all the statistics are displayed. To insert data into a cell, just click on that cell you want to graph.
There are three ways you can import data from a spreadsheet into your Graph Plotter. You can import data from an Excel or CSV file. Also, you can import data from an external source using libraries such as Microsoft Excel and Open Office. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on the third option which is to pasted data from an external source onto your graph plotter.
First off, we need to open a new worksheet and then make a copy of the previous data table. Once you’ve made a copy, use the copy function to replace all of the columns with text. Next, use the paste or select an option from the edit data tab to place your new data into the blank cells. The idea is to create a new graph instead of replacing the existing one. Notice that once you’ve placed all of the new rows, you now have two parallel bars on your chart.
One way to make your own straight line graph with minimal effort is to make use of some pre-made templates. The most popular pre-made Graph Plotters include plots for the Beverley Flourstone Curve, SAS, Stata, and Chi square graphs. There are also some libraries for Python, which allow you to easily create bar charts, scatter plots, histograms and even pie charts. Using these libraries will save you a lot of time since you won’t have to search for, or make an image of your own for your plot.
Another option is to use one of the many plugins that allow you to easily add, edit, or overlay different visual components on your own charts. For example, if you want to add a scatter plot of sales price change over time, simply select “Scatter Plots with Text” from the dropdown menu and paste in a data set that contains your original data points. From there, you can simply highlight the point and choose “Overlay” from the dropdown menu to put the point on top of your original data set. If you only want to add a single component, select “One Column” from the dropdown menu and paste in the value you want to be highlighted.
Most users may find that it’s easiest to make a new graph by using a straight line graph. This allows the user to simply follow the data points as they are moved along the horizontal axis and helps them keep their plot straight. However, if the data points appear to be curved, users may need to convert their data points to a mathematical angle by following the same steps above. For this case, the best way to draw a curved line graph would be to make a new graph with a rectangular grid, then plot each data point on its corresponding line.
