A tour of Prism
Following a tour is the easiest way to learn Prism.
View a movie
Watch and listen to a ten minute introductory movie韦博
from Prism's Welcome dialog. Or view it on the web.
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The written tour includes more details than the movie,
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with lots of screen shots.Print the tour so you can try
every step using Prism.
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How to print
1.Click Print at the top of this help viewer.
2.Choo "Print lected heading with all subtopics".
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Tour overview
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Go to the main tour page, and then click Print on the help viewer toolbar.
What is GraphPad Prism?
GraphPad Prism is a powerful combination of biostatistics, curve fitting (nonlinear regression) and scientific graphing in one comprehensive program. This tour will highlight key features of the program and provide the basic training you'll need to get started. U it as inspiration, not a rigid method. We've worked hard to make Prism easy and intuitive to u. Explore Prism yourlf -- try things, make a few mistakes. If you get stuck, arch this help file for tips and answers, about the Prism program itlf, or about statistical principles you might
not understand. We're sure you'll be up to speed in no time.
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If you'd like to sit back and watch
If you prefer, you can watch an animated prentation of this tour. Launch Prism and from the Welcome dialog, lect "Learn to u Prism."
Learn by doing -- Take a quick tour to learn the basics
In the next few pages, you'll get a quick tour of GraphPad Prism version 5. If you're new to Prism, it's a good way to get oriented. If you've ud an earlier version of Prism, it is a great
introduction to some of the new features.Learn how to begin a new project.
1. Start a new project
Begin by choosing a graph type桌子的英文
The first thing you need to do to begin a new graph is to choo a basic type of graph you'd like to make, and to tell Prism how you want error bars on your graph to be calculated. From your choices, Prism will create a custom data table specifically formatted for your data.Graph and data table types
Prism offers five basic types of graph (and data table) --XY graphs , Column graphs , Grouped graphs , Contingency tables , and Survival plots . Each type of graph has its own tab on the Welcome dialog. In the main window, you'll e small pictures of the various types of graphs for each category. In the screenshot below, for example, you'll e the choices
possible for an XY graph -- you might want to plot only points, points with a connecting line, or vertic
al bars instead of points. Pick the tab for the basic type of graph and then click on the picture that most cloly rembles how you want your finished graph to look. Below the graph pictures, choo whether you have already calculated your error values, or whether
you want Prism to calculate error bars from your data.
Starting off, it is more important to pick the correct category of data table than it is to choo a specific thumbnail. Becau all the graphs in each category u data tables formatted in the same way, it's easy to change which thumbnail you'd like your graph to look like. It's less easy to change from one basic type of data table and graph to another -- say from an XY graph to a grouped column chart.
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1.Launch Prism and from the Welcome dialog, click on the tab to make an XY graph
2.For this tour, choo to u Prism's sample data and lect for "Exponential - One
pha decay."
**We'll u sample data to help you explore Prism in this tour. When you start your own data tables,
you'll want to choo a graph thumbnail and how you want subcolumns for your error bars to be formatted.
Next Step
In the next step, we'll learn how to enter data in a Prism data table.
Learn how to enter or import data.
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2. Enter or import data
Prism's formatted data tables
From your choices on the Welcome dialog, Prism will create a data table that is formatted specifically for your data. In the previous step , you told Prism to make a data table for an XY graph
with triplicate data values. Prism, therefore, has created a data table with one column for X values and data columns that are each divided into three subcolumns for your
triplicates.
Try it yourlf
You can also enter or Import data
cfiusIn the future, you probably won't want to start with sample data. You can either enter your 1.By lecting the sample data in Step 1, your data table should look like the one below (with subcolumns for triplicate data). Note that it's OK to have some empty cells. Prism knows how to handle missing data points. You can always click on the "Table format"
button in the upper left corner to change the type of table or number of subcolumns.
2.Note also, that the sample data has a floating note attached that explains how this specific data t is organized and what you'll need to analyze it. You can minimize the note by clicking on the upper-right corner. (Floating notes are a new feature in Prism 5. You can add your own notes
to any Prism sheet.)
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data directly into the Prism data table, import it from an Excel or text file, or copy and paste from an Excel spreadsheet. To import data, click on the "Import" button on the Prism toolbar and brow to the file you'd like to import. As part of the import or copy and paste process, you can filter data, trans
blockbusterpo columns to rows, or specify which rows and columns to import and which to skip. If you are using Prism for Windows, you also can choo whether to import data values only, or to embed or link to the original data source.
Next step Once you've entered your data in the data table, Prism will automatically create your graph.Learn about Prism's automatic graphing珍妮弗 安妮斯顿
3. Automatic graphing
Instant graphs
Once you enter your data, Prism automatically creates your graph using the default fonts, line thickness, error bar formats, and color scheme as t in Prism's Preferences ction.Try it yourlf
Note: In this ca, our error bars are standard error bars becau that is the default tting in our preferences dialog. To plot standard deviation or individual replicates
instead, double-click on a symbol to bring up the Format Graph dialog.
1.Click on the graph name in the Prism Navigator tree on the left side of the Prism
window to go to your new graph. Note that both the data table and the related graph have the same name ("Exponential decay" if you ud the sample data in Step 1) and are both shown in bold when either is lected. When you change the name of a data table, the graph's name, and the name of any other related sheets will also change to
match.
