Techniques for Exploring Data

Techniques for Exploring Data

This chapter describes some useful techniques for analyzing data in Stat Studio. The following techniques are presented in this chapter:

• copying selected observations or variables to a new data table
• excluding observations from plots or analyses
• ordering categories of a nominal variable
• graphically selecting observations that satisfy complex criteria
• managing graphs and workspaces with the Workspace Explorer
• copying plots to the Window clipboard and pasting them to another application, such as Microsoft Word or PowerPoint

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Subsetting Data

Excluding Observations

Ordering Categories of a Nominal Variable

Local Selection Mode

Workspace Explorer

Copying Plots to the Windows Clipboard