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Using Stat Editor

(2)Input the data you want.To input a value

•Use the input keypad or soft keyboard that appears when you press k. You can also access the soft keyboard by tapping OMenu.

To input a mathematical expression•Use the soft keyboard that appears when you press k.

•When the “Decimal Calculation” check box is not selected (unchecked) on the Basic Format dialog box (page 1-9-4), any mathematical expression you input is stored as-is.

•When the “Decimal Calculation” check box is selected, the mathematical expression is converted to a value before it is stored. Input of 1/2, for example, is converted to 0.5.

To input a string

•Enclose text in quotation marks to make it a string. To input quotation marks, press kto display the soft keyboard, tap the 9tab, and then tap K. For more information about strings, see page 12-6-41.

(3)Press Eto store the data in the cell.

•Selecting a cell that already contains data replaces the existing data with the new data.

Tip

•You can also input a variable name as list data. In this case, pressing Ein step (3) causes either of the following to happen.

Inputting this type of variable:Causes this to appear in the cell:

 

 

Defined variable

Variable contents (right aligned for value or left aligned for

expression)

 

 

 

Undefined variable

Variable name

•You need to assign a name to a list before you can input data. Trying to input data into an unnamed list will cause the cursor to jump automatically to the list name cell at the top of that list. For information on how to name lists, see “Creating a List” on page 7-2-2.

•To convert an expression in a cell to a value, select the cell and then tap 9.

•Note that statistical calculations and graphing can be performed only using a list that contains numeric values or mathematical expressions that can be converted into numeric values. An error occurs if you try to perform a statistical calculation or draw a graph using a list that contains a string or a non-convertible mathematical expression.

•You cannot edit list data while the bicon is displayed in the “Cal ” line.

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