This is a set of QuickTime movies all about 1 minute or less. They show how to use some of Fathom's features. To see and hear them, you need the free QuickTime player. (It comes on Macs, but there are also versions for Windows users. You can download installers from Apple's Web site, www.apple.com/quicktime/download/.)
This movie starts at the very beginning. Learn how to make a case table, enter data into it, and make a graph by dragging attributes from the case table to the graph. |
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This movie shows you how to make case tables, graphs, and summary tables Once you master these basics, you can explore data and learn the rest of Fathom's interface. |
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Learn how selecting cases can help you explore data. You'll see how Fathom dynamically links selection in one object to all other objects. |
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Sometimes a line in a scatter plot only makes sense if it goes through the origin. Learn how to lock the intercept of lines at zero. |
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A residual plot helps you look for patterns in the data that are not explained by a fitted curve or line. In this movie you'll learn how to make them and read them. |
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Learn how to zoom in and zoom out of graphs so that you can better see the details of what is happening with your data. |
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When you don't want to be working with all the data, you can use a filter to just see a portion of it. This movie shows you how to use a filter with a graph. |
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You can drag attributes from wherever you can see their names, including the incredibly useful inspector. Learn how in this movie. |
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Often data, especially survey data, are categorical rather than numeric. In this movie you will learn about various ways to represent categorical data with bar charts and ribbon charts. |
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Learn how to change the scale of an axis using either the graph's inspector or using dynamic dragging directly on the axis. |
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Summary tables display the results of calculations on the collection as a whole. In this movie you will learn how to add attributes and formulas to a summary table. |
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Learn how to define an attribute based on a formula. Learn how to bring up the formula editor using the case table's context menu and also how to show the formula row. |
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In this movie you'll see both a least-squares regression lines and a median-median line and see how the latter is more resistant to outliers than the former. You'll also see how valuable it can be to split the data into groups and get a regression line for each group. |
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Learn how to show the squares of the residuals for lines and curves and how to use these to determine a best fit. |
Determining a Best Fit by Minimizing the Sum of Squares of Residuals |
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Learn how to make and manipulate a histogram by direct dragging of the bars and also by changing properties in the graph inspector. |
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Learn how to assign units to an attribute, enter data that has units, and convert from one unit to another. |
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Learn how to plot values in graphs to display computed quantities. You will learn how plotted values behave when a graph is split and how to remove plotted values. |
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Learn how to enter formulas in Fathom's formula editor, including fractions, π, attributes, and exponents. |
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In this movie you will learn how to take a sample from a collection, how to repeat the sampling process, and how to change the size of the sample. |
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This is the second part of a two-part series about building up the distribution of the sum of three dice. Learn how to collect measures to compute the sum of three dice and display the results. |
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Learn how to import data from 1850 to 2000 in which cases are people who filled out the long form of the census. Learn how to choose which cases to import and which attributes to include. |
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Fathom only shows an object's menu when that object is selected. Learn about this and about context menus in this movie. |
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This movie demonstrates how to bring data from a Web page into Fathom by dragging the URL icon from a browser into a Fathom document. |
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This movie shows problems that can occur if you're not careful about how you use screen space. Learn several useful techniques for overcoming these problems. |
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Key Curriculum Press/Key College Publishing www.keypress.com/fathom |