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Results: Graphics

Graph Specifications

Type of graph

Time Histogram

Generates a simple histogram according to the variable selected for graphing. The occurrence frecuency (Y axis) of the variable to be graphed will be displayed according to the period selected in the Period window, which defines the time intervals (X axis). This graphic only is generate with bars or lines.

 

Event/Time Histogram

If the user has selected up to six types of events in the query, the histogram will represent the values that correspond to the variable that is to be graphed, in each class interval, differentiating them by colors. The conventions for event type will appear on the right. Note: this type of histogram will not be displayed if the user has selected more than six variables, this will be notified to you by the appeareance of a message. This graphic only is generate with bars or lines.

 

Geographic/Time Histogram

Allows the representation of values (variable to be graphed) until six geographical units previously defined in the query. It works similarly to the previous Event/Time Histogram graph. This graphic only is generate with bars or lines.

 

Station Histogram

Allows to display accumulated frecuencies of the variable that is to be graphed, according to a selected period, along a lapse of stational time of greater duration. It is recommended that the user selects the lapse of time in Stationality, in accordance with the lapse of his/her previous query. The program suggests a Period when the user selects a lapse of time in Stationality. If you make an incorrect choice, a warning will be displayed indicating that “the period must be less than the station”. This graphic only is generate with bars or lines.

 

Comparative/Event

It displays a circular graph, proportionally segmented (pie), with a correspondence with the values that were found for the variable to be graphed. On the right, the conventions that correspond to the events selected in the previous query will appear . This graphic is generate with bars, lines or pie.

 

Comparative/Geographic

It is a comparative that is similar to the Event Comparative, only this one is by geographical regions instead of event type. This graphic is generate with bars, lines or pie.

 

Period

Allows to select a periodic unit for the display of information:

  • Annually

  • Monthly

  • Weekly

  • Daily

Stationality

With this option, multitemporal histograms can be created. By using it, it is recommendable to choose the Sationality previously for it makes the DesConsultar module to suggest the recommendable analysis period. These type of data is particularly useful to formulate hypothesis and correlations with climate variables or other types of variables and particularly with all of those that present periodic behaviors (or almost periodic) and those with secular variations. For reasons of visualization, the intervals of class cannot be greater than 1000.

  • Century=100 years

  • Decade=10 years

  • Five-year period= 5 years

  • Year

  • Month

Variable to graph

There is a list of possible variables to graph, such as the number of events, the effects that the disaster produced or the losses it has left. Based on previous query, DesConsultar allows to graph variables one by one. In the case of Event/Time and Geographic/Time Histograms, it allows to graph the effects of up to six types of events for one or for multiple geographical choices, and the effects for up to six geographical units, selected by one or multiple types of event.

Titles

Title

Allows to identify each graph (histograms and pie) with a title that will appear horizontally on the upper part of the screen. There can be up to 65 characters (including spaces) entered.

Subtitle

It allows to enlarge or clarify the legend of the title; there can be up to 45 characters entered (including spaces).

Colors

It allows to display graphics with full collor or in black and white. If the full color choice is chosen DesConsultar will assign colors automatically. The user may later edit the colors exporting the figure, with the option Copy, to graphics editors. If the choice is black and white, DesConsultar will assigne the fill in type automatically.

Appeareance

There are two options to choose from, Three-dimensional (3D) and Two-dimensional (2D) for graphs of bars or pies; for lines only is possible in 2D appeareance. For more clarity, its recommended that you use two-dimensional when there are more than 20 class intervals .

Graph type

The user has to keep in mind that in many of his/her graphics these kind of statistical help there may be no analytical sense or any correpondence with the process that he/she is analyzing.

Bar type

Generates the characteristic bars of any histogram

Line type

Gathers the frequency of occurrence values of each class interval by means of a continous thick line. Additionally, it graphs the linear regression, the minimum and maximum values and the superior and inferior standard deviation with not continuous lines.

Pie type

Draws the results in form of a cake or 'pie', indicating the values that were obtained for each selection.

Mode

Normal

Shows a histogram, line graph or pie with the values get from database.

Accumulated

The class intervals accumulate sequentially the values for frequency of occurrence. When there are databases that are homogeneous in space and time, these type of graphics is particularly useful to evaluate the tendencies of the frequency of ocurrence of the effects or phenomenna of interest. This graphic is valid only for bars or lines diagram.

Superimposed

For the event/time and geographic/time histograms with the bar option in Graph class, it allows to visualize the values of geographical units or events selected (six as maximum) on the same bar. The difference with Normal mode for these two types of histograms is that in the Normal mode there are as many bars graphed as the number of events or geographical units selected. This graphic is valid only for bars diagram.

Graph

Copy

Allows to copy the image on screen and paste it in other applications.

Print

Displays the standard print dialogue for printing.

Save

Generates a BMP format graphic archive.


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