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104 Entering, Editing, and Managing Data Chapter 3
The Data Filter
of the values of age, sex, or height to occur. The individual values highlight in the data table, but
patterns are more interesting if you first create a plot and then invoke the animation of a variable using
the Data Filter to see how it behaves on the plot.
Figure 3.69 Animation Control Panel in the Data Filter
To use the animation feature, select Animation from the Data Filter menu to display the Animation
control panel. Then click the first button on the Animation Control Panel to start the animation.
When you start the animation feature, the values of the first variable in the Data Filter are alternately
highlighted. The highlighted frame around the variable tells you which variable is selected for
animation. To animate a different variable, click in the variable box you want. The animation cycles
through the values of either character or numeric variables.
The Animation Control panel (Figure 3.69) has these controls:
• The middle button ( ) starts and stops the animation. After you start the animation cycles, the
button changes to a stop button ( ). By default the animation begins with first value of the
topmost variable.
• The backward arrow ( ) moves the animation backward one cycle. Click more than once to go
backward more than one cycle. Then click the start button.
• The forward arrow ( ) moves the animation forward one cycle. Click more than once to go
forward more than one cycle. Then click the start button.
• The square button ( ) hides the Animation Control section on the Data Filter Window. Select
Animate from the menu on the Data Filter title bar again to see the Animation Control.
The Animate mode drop-down menu has these options.
Forward
Backward
Bounce
highlight values forward from first to last.
highlight values from last to first.
highlight forward and then backward repeatedly.