graphpad-prism-5-教程

AtourofPrismFollowingatouristheeasiestwaytolearnPrism.ViewamovieWatchandlistentoatenminuteintroductorymoviefromPrism'sWelcomedialog.Orviewitontheweb.Readastep-by-steptourThewrittentourincludesmoredetailsthanthemovie,withlotsofscreenshots.PrintthetoursoyoucantryeverystepusingPrism.StartthetourHowtoprint1.ClickPrintatthetopofthishelpviewer.2.ChoosePrintselectedheadingwithallsubtopics.页码，1/25AtourofPrism2013-08-24file:///C:/Users/soar/AppData/Local/Temp/~hhDB8E.htmCopyright(c)2007GraphPadSoftwareInc.Allrightsreserved.TouroverviewToprintthistour:Gotothemaintourpage,andthenclickPrintonthehelpviewertoolbar.WhatisGraphPadPrism?GraphPadPrismisapowerfulcombinationofbiostatistics,curvefitting(nonlinearregression)andscientificgraphinginonecomprehensiveprogram.Thistourwillhighlightkeyfeaturesoftheprogramandprovidethebasictrainingyou'llneedtogetstarted.Useitasinspiration,notarigidmethod.We'veworkedhardtomakePrismeasyandintuitivetouse.ExplorePrismyourself--trythings,makeafewmistakes.Ifyougetstuck,searchthishelpfilefortipsandanswers,aboutthePrismprogramitself,oraboutstatisticalprinciplesyoumightnotunderstand.We'resureyou'llbeuptospeedinnotime.页码，2/25AtourofPrism2013-08-24file:///C:/Users/soar/AppData/Local/Temp/~hhDB8E.htmCopyright(c)2007GraphPadSoftwareInc.Allrightsreserved.Ifyou'dliketositbackandwatchIfyouprefer,youcanwatchananimatedpresentationofthistour.LaunchPrismandfromtheWelcomedialog,selectLearntousePrism.Learnbydoing--TakeaquicktourtolearnthebasicsInthenextfewpages,you'llgetaquicktourofGraphPadPrismversion5.Ifyou'renewtoPrism,it'sagoodwaytogetoriented.Ifyou'veusedanearlierversionofPrism,itisagreatintroductiontosomeofthenewfeatures.Learnhowtobeginanewproject.1.StartanewprojectBeginbychoosingagraphtypeThefirstthingyouneedtodotobeginanewgraphistochooseabasictypeofgraphyou'dliketomake,andtotellPrismhowyouwanterrorbarsonyourgraphtobecalculated.Fromyourchoices,Prismwillcreateacustomdatatablespecificallyformattedforyourdata.GraphanddatatabletypesPrismoffersfivebasictypesofgraph(anddatatable)--XYgraphs,Columngraphs,Groupedgraphs,Contingencytables,andSurvivalplots.EachtypeofgraphhasitsowntabontheWelcomedialog.Inthemainwindow,you'llseesmallpicturesofthevarioustypesofgraphsforeachcategory.Inthescreenshotbelow,forexample,you'llseethechoicespossibleforanXYgraph--youmightwanttoplotonlypoints,pointswithaconnectingline,orverticalbarsinsteadofpoints.Pickthetabforthebasictypeofgraphandthenclickonthepicturethatmostcloselyresembleshowyouwantyourfinishedgraphtolook.Belowthegraphpictures,choosewhetheryouhavealreadycalculatedyourerrorvalues,orwhether页码，3/25AtourofPrism2013-08-24file:///C:/Users/soar/AppData/Local/Temp/~hhDB8E.htmyouwantPrismtocalculateerrorbarsfromyourdata.Startingoff,itismoreimportanttopickthecorrectcategoryofdatatablethanitistochooseaspecificthumbnail.Becauseallthegraphsineachcategoryusedatatablesformattedinthesameway,it'seasytochangewhichthumbnailyou'dlikeyourgraphtolooklike.It'slesseasytochangefromonebasictypeofdatatableandgraphtoanother--sayfromanXYgraphtoagroupedcolumnchart.Tryityourself**We'llusesampledatatohelpyouexplorePrisminthistour.Whenyoustartyourowndatatables,you'llwanttochooseagraphthumbnailandhowyouwantsubcolumnsforyourerrorbarstobeformatted.NextStepInthenextstep,we'lllearnhowtoenterdatainaPrismdatatable.1.LaunchPrismandfromtheWelcomedialog,clickonthetabtomakeanXYgraph2.Forthistour,choosetousePrism'ssampledataandselectforExponential-Onephasedecay.Learnhowtoenterorimportdata.页码，4/25AtourofPrism2013-08-24file:///C:/Users/soar/AppData/Local/Temp/~hhDB8E.htmCopyright(c)2007GraphPadSoftwareInc.Allrightsreserved.2.EnterorimportdataPrism'sformatteddatatablesFromyourchoicesontheWelcomedialog,Prismwillcreateadatatablethatisformattedspecificallyforyourdata.Inthepreviousstep,youtoldPrismtomakeadatatableforanXYgraphwithtriplicatedatavalues.Prism,therefore,hascreatedadatatablewithonecolumnforXvaluesanddatacolumnsthatareeachdividedintothreesubcolumnsforyourtriplicates.TryityourselfYoucanalsoenterorImportdataInthefuture,youprobablywon'twanttostartwithsampledata.Youcaneitherenteryour1.ByselectingthesampledatainStep1,yourdatatableshouldlookliketheonebelow(withsubcolumnsfortriplicatedata).Notethatit'sOKtohavesomeemptycells.Prismknowshowtohandlemissingdatapoints.YoucanalwaysclickontheTableformatbuttonintheupperleftcornertochangethetypeoftableornumberofsubcolumns.2.Notealso,thatthesampledatahasafloatingnoteattachedthatexplainshowthisspecificdatasetisorganizedandwhatyou'llneedtoanalyzeit.Youcanminimizethenotebyclickingontheupper-rightcorner.(FloatingnotesareanewfeatureinPrism5.YoucanaddyourownnotestoanyPrismsheet.)页码，5/25AtourofPrism2013-08-24file:///C:/Users/soar/AppData/Local/Temp/~hhDB8E.htmCopyright(c)2007GraphPadSoftwareInc.Allrightsreserved.datadirectlyintothePrismdatatable,importitfromanExcelortextfile,orcopyandpastefromanExcelspreadsheet.Toimportdata,clickontheImportbuttononthePrismtoolbarandbrowsetothefileyou'dliketoimport.Aspartoftheimportorcopyandpasteprocess,youcanfilterdata,transposecolumnstorows,orspecifywhich