Re: How to save advanced-filter settings (fwd)

[Andreas J Guelzow <aguelzow pyrshep ca>]

On 15-04-14 08:38 AM, Bob wrote:
> OK, I see part of the problem is over the meaning of "histogram".
> Everywhere except in spreadseets it means a graphical display. So I
> started by clicking on the graphical display icon.  If I go your route
> I do not get a graphical display, I get a frequency table (with really
> weird bin boundaries).
One of the things I suggested is that in the dialog on the "Graphs & 
Options" tab you ask for the kind of chart you want. Apparently you 
asked for "No chart" so you got no chart.

Andreas

>   Here is a nice implementation of histograms in
> the free Stats Homework software:
>
> http://facultyweb.berry.edu/vbissonnette/statshw/doc/histogram.html
>
> If it seems like the dialog box is missing it is because at the first
> step you get a draft histogram automatically and the dialog consists
> of buttons to edit the default. So it takes one menu choice (which is
> not at the end of a long trail) to get A histogram.  And to edit the
> draft you can start by just asking for more or fewer bins.  You do not
> need to compute the max. or min. of your data nor compute the bins
> yourself.
>
> The reason I fuss about this is that one should never do statistical
> analysis on any data without first making an appropriate display so
> you can see any problems that might exist.  Excel makes it really hard
> to do that.  gnumeric makes it a little easier, and it makes boxplots,
> but it could be a LOT easier for beginners.
>
> Forwarded message:
> >  From aguelzow pyrshep ca Mon Apr 13 09:52:59 2015
> > To: gnumeric-list gnome org, bob statland org
> >
> > Le dimanche 12 avril 2015 =C3=A0 19:30 -0400, Bob a =C3=A9crit :
> > > > In gnumeric it should be easier;-) (I actually can't figure out how to
> > > > do it in gnumeric but I think you have to chose a lot of things
> > > > Minitab and R will chose automatically [while still allowing you to
> > > > override anything] What I would like is to highlight the (unbinned)
> > > > data and select "histogram" from the graph menu and immediately see a
> > > > histogram.).
> > We are not that far away from this:
> >
> > 1) highlight the unbinned data
> > 2) select Statistics->DescriptiveStatistics->FrequencyTables->Histogram
> > 3) On the 'cut-off' tab select "calculated cutoffs" and enter the number=20
> > of bins desired.
> > 4) On the "Graphs and Options" tabs select the type of graph
> > 5) Click on okay.
> >
> > I guess we could change some of the preselected items so that (3) and=20
> > (4) are not necessary.
> >
> > Andreas
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