Appendix H. Sample data

GDDM-PGF V2R1.3 Interactive Chart Utility

Appendix H. Sample data

GDDM-PGF V2R1.3 Interactive Chart Utility
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There are seven sets of sample data supplied with the ICU. The general purpose set (option 1 from panel 0.1) you can also get by typing SAMPLE on the command line of panel 2.1 or 2.2. The other six you can only get from panel 0.1. If you get some sample data using the Chart by Example panel, you do not have to use Ready-made or Step-by-step charts to create the chart.

Some sets of sample data will only work with one type of chart. Others will work with several types of chart. Only the general purpose set works for all the chart types.

On the next few pages you can see each set of sample data with the chart that it is best for.

The one type of chart that you cannot see is the Venn diagram. There is no set of sample data for this. If you want to see how to type in data for this chart type, look at Chapter 20, "Venn diagrams" in topic 2.14.

(The little charts have been simplified. To get your chart to look exactly like the picture you will have to enlarge the axis labels and change the shading pattern, marker type, and in some cases, change the major tick mark interval.)

When you change a set of sample data or type in your data, remember the following points:

Move between places where you type using the tab key.
Do not type anything except numbers in the columns headed X Values and Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4. Dates (like 1986 or 3/12/86) do not count as numbers. Use decimals (2.5) not fractions (2 1/2).
Put in your Data Group Names above Y1, Y2 and so on.
If the names are too long to fit, leave off the end for the time being. You can put them in later.
If you need more columns, press PF11. If you need more rows, press PF8.
If one of the words or numbers that you typed goes red, change it and press ENTER again. (The message at the top will tell you what is wrong. Most likely you have typed words in a numbers column, or you may have typed data in a command field (underlined in green). Change any words to numbers and get rid of data in the command field with the ERASE EOF key.)

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