Once your data is in a data table, you can create graphs or plots, and perform analyses. All features are located in platforms, which are found primarily on the Analyze or Graph menus. They are called platforms because they do not just produce simple static results. Platform results appear in report windows, are highly interactive, and are linked to the data table and to each other.
The platforms under the Analyze and Graph menus provide a variety of analytical features and data exploration tools.
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Click OK to create the report window that contains your graphs and statistical analyses.
The following example shows you how to perform a simple analysis and customize it in four steps. This example uses the Companies.jmp file sample data table to show a basic analysis of the variable Profits ($M).
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Select Help > Sample Data Library and open Companies.jmp.
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Select Analyze > Distribution to open the Distribution launch window.
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Select Profits ($M) in the Select Columns box and click the Y, Columns button.
The variable Profits ($M) appears in the Y, Columns role. See Assign Profits ($M) for the completed window.
Assign Profits ($M)
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Distribution Report Window
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Click the red triangle next to Profits ($M) to see a menu of report options.
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Deselect Outlier Box Plot to turn the option off.
Removing the Outlier Box Plot
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From the red triangle menu next to Profits ($M), select Test Mean.
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Enter 500 in the Specify Hypothesized Mean box.
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Test for the Mean
For example, to close the Quantiles report, click the disclosure button next to Quantiles.
Close the Quantiles Report
Platform results are connected to the data table. The histogram in Connection between Platform Results and Data Table shows that a group of companies makes a much higher profit that the others. To quickly identify that group, click on the histogram bar for them. The corresponding rows in the data table are selected.
Connection between Platform Results and Data Table