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Select Help > Sample Data Library and open Big Class.jmp.
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Select Graph > Graph Builder.
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Right-click the column height and select Formula.
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Select Statistical > Col Mean.
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In the formula, click height so that the blue box is around only the variable name.
Figure 4.22 Select the height Variable
Figure 4.23 Click the Plus Sign
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Click Statistical > Col Std Dev.
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Click height.
Figure 4.24 Formula for Upper Bound
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In the Variables list, right-click the Transform[height] column and select Rename.
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Type upper and click OK.
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In the formula, right-click on height and select Paste.
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Select the box around Col Std Dev (height, age) and click the +/- sign.
Figure 4.25 Selecting Col Std Dev and Making It Negative
Figure 4.26 Formula for Lower Bound
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In the Variables list, right-click the Transform[height] column and select Rename.
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Type lower and click OK.
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Select age and drag it to the X zone.
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Select height, upper, and lower and drag them to the Y zone.
Figure 4.27 Area Plot
Figure 4.28 Area Plot with Mean Line
The dark blue line connects the mean heights for each age group. As expected, height tends to increase as age increases. The shaded area shows a range of one standard deviation above and one standard deviation below the mean height at each age group.

Help created on 3/19/2020