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Appendix A JMP Starter 401
The Basic Category
Preferences Enables you to specify general and specific settings and save the settings so they are
associated with your JMP session. See “To change preferences,” p. 329, for details.
The Basic Category
The Basic category (Figure A.3) addresses univariate and bivariate analyses. You see how to examine
variables one at a time by looking at distributions and comparing them to known distributions. When
there are two variables, a single response (y) and a single factor (x), JMP performs the appropriate
bivariate analysis according to whether the variables are continuous or categorical. These analyses can
be run by clicking their buttons on the Basic category, as shown in Figure A.3.
Figure A.3 JMP Starter Basic Category
AThe JMP Starter
Distribution Clicking the Distribution button, or choosing Analyze > Distribution, launches the
Distribution platform, which describes the distribution of values in a data table column using
histograms and other graphical and text reports. See “Initial Text Reports” of JMP Statistics and
Graphics Guide.
Two-Sample t-Test Clicking the Two-Sample t-Test button takes you directly to a window for
setting up a one-way analysis. Use this button rather than clicking Analyze > Fit Y by X.
Matched Pairs Clicking the Matched Pairs button, or choosing Analyze > Matched Pairs,
looks at the mean difference between two (or more) columns. It plots the points in a rotated
scatterplot that presents them in terms of the differences and means of two variables.
The chapter “Paired Data” in the JMP Statistics and Graphics Guide discusses matched pairs and
shows a unique graphical representation for that type of analysis.