KNOWLEDGEBASE - ARTICLE #145

How do I combine a column scatter plot and a box-and-whiskers plot on the same graph, side-by-side, for the same data?

This FAQ provides instructions for generating a graph that contains data represented both as scatter and as box and whisker plots.

Begin by creating a new Column data table:

Insert your data in duplicate in adjacent columns:

Under the "box and violin" tab, select the box & whiskers style graph:

This is the graph that results from you inserting the data in duplicate:

Double-click on one of the bars and the “Format graph” box will appear.  Make the changes that are indicated by this figure:

  1. Open the “Appearance” menu
  2. For appearance, select “Scatter dot plot”
  3. For line at, select “Mean”
  4. Adjust color, shape, and size of the symbols and line as needed

When you apply the same changes to the other data sets on the graph, you will have created a graph very similar to this:

Prism also offers the ability to customize the spacing of the groups defined on the X axis.

FAQ 1137 provides instructions to format the group spacing.



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