Bar Plot

The Bar Plot tool creates bar plots based on mean +/- StDev (or S.E.M) of grouped data.

Menu Access: Plot > Bar plot

Toolbar Icon:

Creating the Plot

  1. Go to the Window menu and select one of the data tables. This will bring the selected table window to the front.

  2. Start the Bar Plot tool by clicking on the icon in the toolbar or via the Analysis > Bar Plot menu.

  3. In the Configuration: Bar Plot dialog, define the orientation of the bars, error bar, and error type.

    • Orientation: Specifies the orientation of the bars, either horizontal or vertical.

    • Error bar: Specifies whether an error bar is shown and whether the error bar is plotted unidirectionally (+) or symmetrically (+/-).

    • Error type: Either standard deviation (std) or standard error of the mean (s.e.m).

  4. Select the data grouping and data features of interest. Data grouping options are based on the tables category columns, i.e. Cell, Compartment, FOV, and Treatment in this example. Data features correspond to columns with numeric data, FAD a1, etc..

    In the example, input data is grouped by Treatment and FOV.

  5. Click OK.

  6. The data for each analysis feature is plotted in its own plot window.

Note

The plot layout and grouping of bars can be changed by altering the order of the data grouping elements. See examples below.

Example Output

Example Results: Data Grouping - Treatment, FOV

Example Results: Data Grouping - FOV, Treatment

Note

Plots can be manipulated and saved as described in the Plots section.