Stat 1000 Tips for Making Histograms, Boxplots, etc. in JMP
Published: Fri, 10/08/10
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Tips for Making Histograms, Boxplots, etc. in JMP
See my tip on Entering Data into JMP if you need help getting the data into JMP in the first place.
To make a histogram, boxplot, and also to get the Quantiles (five-number summary) and Moments (which include the mean and standard deviation): In the toolbar at the top, select Analyze then select Distribution. Select the column you want the histogram, etc. for and click the "Y, Columns" button. Click OK. Your histogram appears sideways. If they want to see it the typical way (and they will request that if they want it), click the red triangle next to your variable above the histogram and select Histogram Options from the drop-down menu. Select Horizontal Layout. By default, JMP usually shows you the "Outlier Boxplot" (the modified boxplot). If you want to see the regular boxplot, click the red triangle and select "Quantile Boxplot".
To get rid of any outputs you don't want to print or copy and paste, click the red triangle and deselect the unwanted things.
For those of you using Web Assign: To copy and paste the parts of a JMP output, select the icon on the JMP toolbar that looks like a big, fat white plus sign "+" (the Selection tool). You can then click various parts of the printout to select the sections you want. Copy and paste into Word or something like that.
If JMP is not giving you the graphs you want, even though you are following my steps, check the data table itself. Double-click the column heading for each quantitative variable in your table and make sure the Data Type is Numeric and the Modeling Type is Continuous, using the drop-down menus to fix that if necessary. Click OK.