Setting Scatter Chart Preferences

Settings in the Scatter Preferences dialog determine which scatter chart view is displayed and set the criteria for plotting all or a portion of trials actually run. Additional settings in the Chart Preferences dialog determine the appearance of the chart.

  To set scatter chart preferences:

  1. In the scatter chart window, choose Preferences, then Chart.

    The Chart Preferences dialog opens.

  2. On the General tab, you can set the following features, described in the sections in parentheses:

  3. Click the Chart Type tab for more settings.

  4. You can use the Chart Type drop-down list to choose whether to:

    • Draw points, and if selected, to choose a symbol, color, and size for them.

    • Draw a line, and if selected, to choose a line type, color and size. The Ordered Fit line type shows where pairwise points would be displayed if they were sorted in ascending order. The Linear Regression line type uses a least-squares technique to show the linear relationship of the points.

    • Display correlation coefficients for each plot. These are computed using the Spearman rank correlation method.

    • Display points that have been filtered out (see the next section, Scatter Charts and Filtered Data).

  5. You can use the Axis tab to choose a number format for the chart axes and to indicate whether to round axis values, as described in Customizing Chart Axes and Axis Labels.

  6. Optional step: You can choose Defaults at any time to restore all settings to their original default values.

  7. Optional step: To apply the settings to more than one chart, click Apply To. Then, specify how they should be applied (see Applying Settings to the Current Chart and Other Charts for details) and click OK. Otherwise, go to step 7.

  8. Click OK to apply the settings on all tabs to the active chart.