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408 JMP Starter Appendix A
The Graph Category
Figure A.7 JMP Starter Graph Page
Graph Builder Clicking the Chart button, or choosing Graph > Graph Builder, enables the
interactive display of both continuous and categorical data. Its graphs are built through drag and
drop. Each drag shows a preview of the resulting report, enabling quick visualization of many
chart types. A variety of graph elements are available (scatterplots, box plots, histograms, trend
lines, bar charts, smoothers for studying univariate and multivariate relationships). Data can be
partitioned by both continuous and categorical variables to easily see interactions.
Chart Clicking the Chart button, or choosing Graph > Chart, and completing the window gives a
chart for every numeric y specified where the y’s are statistics to chart. The x-values are always
treated as discrete values. Chart automatically updates when values change in the current data
table and you then activate the chart window.
Overlay Plot Clicking the Overlay Plot button, or choosing Graph > Overlay Plot, and making
your selections in the window gives an overlaid plot of a single numeric or categorical x column
and all numeric y variables. The plots for each y can be shown separately, with or without a
common x-axis. Plots can be modified with range and needle options, color, log axes, and grid
lines. Overlay plots automatically update when you change values in the current data table and
then activate the overlay plot report window.
Scatterplot 3D Clicking the Scatterplot 3D button, or choosing Graph > Scatterplot 3D,
displays a three-dimensional view of data and an approximation of higher dimensions through
principal components. The plot is a rotatable display of the values of numeric columns in the