Difference between revisions of "Entering Attributes using the Attribute panel"

Latest revision as of 17:02, 14 July 2016

a. Select Miles per gallon node

b. Click the ‘Key icon’ to display the Attribute panel. The attribute panel should appear below the diagram window and its dropdown menu should display ‘description’

c. Click in the panel and type Average number of miles per gallon obtained by car.

d. Select ‘Units’ from the Attribute dropdown menu.

e. Type ‘miles/gallon’

f. Press Alt+Enter

g. Select ‘Definition’ from the Attribute dropdown menu

h. Click ‘expr’ and select ‘Distribution’

i. ‘Object Finder’ window should appear. Scroll down and select ‘uniform’ Type 20 in the ‘min’ box , and 30 in the max box. Click OK

j. Your result should look like this:

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-:'''a.''' Select ‘Miles per gallon’ node
+[[Category: Attributes]]
-:'''b.''' Click the ‘Key icon’ to display the Attribute panel.  The attribute panel should appear below the diagram window and its popup menu should display ‘description’
-[[Image:Key icon.jpg]]
+:'''a.''' Select <code>Miles per gallon</code> node
-:'''c.''' Click in the panel and type ‘Average number of miles per gallon obtained by car.’
+:'''b.''' Click the ‘Key icon’ to display the [[Attribute panel]].  The [[attribute panel]] should appear below the [[diagram window]] and its dropdown menu should display ‘description’
-[[Image:MPG description.jpg]]
-:'''d.''' Select ‘Units’ from the Attributes popup menu.
+:[[Image:Key icon.jpg]]
-[[Image:Units attribute.jpg]]
-:'''e.''' Type ‘miles/gallon’
+:'''c.''' Click in the panel and type <code>Average number of miles per gallon obtained by car.</code>
-:'''f.''' Press alt+enter
-:'''g.''' Select ‘Definition’ from the Attributes popup menu
+:[[Image:MPG description.jpg]]
-:'''h.''' Click ‘expr’ and select ‘Distribution’
-[[Image:Distribution attribute.jpg]]
-:'''i.''' ‘Object Finder’ window should appear. Scroll down and select ‘uniform’ Type 20 in the ‘min’ box ,and 30 in the max box. Click ‘ok’
-[[Image:Object finder 1.1.jpg]]
-:'''j.''' Your result should look like this:
-[[Image:Object finder 1.2.jpg]]
+:'''d.''' Select ‘Units’ from the [[Attribute dropdown menu]].
+:[[Image:Units attribute.jpg]]
+:'''e.''' Type ‘miles/gallon’
+:'''f.''' Press ''Alt+Enter''
+:'''g.''' Select ‘Definition’ from the [[Attribute dropdown menu]]
+:'''h.''' Click ‘expr’ and select ‘Distribution’
+:[[Image:Distribution attribute.jpg]]
+:'''i.''' ‘Object Finder’ window should appear. Scroll down and select ‘uniform’ Type 20 in the ‘min’ box , and 30 in the max box. Click '''OK'''
+:[[Image:Object finder 1.1.jpg]]
-:'''a.''' Double click on the ‘Fuel price’ node to open its object window
+:'''j.''' Your result should look like this:
-[[Image:Fuel price1.1.jpg]]
-:'''b.''' Change the identifier to ‘Price’
-[[Image:Fuel price1.2.jpg]]
-:'''c.''' Type ‘$’ in the ‘Units’ field. Press ‘Tab’ key. In the ‘Description’ field, type ‘price of a gallon of gasoline’.
-[[Image:Fuel price1.3.jpg]]
-:'''d.''' Click the ‘expr’ button. Select ‘Distribution’. The object finder should appear.  In the object finder, scroll down, and select ‘Normal’. Type ‘1.19 and 0.1’, in the ‘mean and sttdev’ window. Click ‘ok’.  Now the definition for the node should be set to ‘Normal(1.19,0.1)’
-[[Image:Fuel price distribution.jpg]]
-<br>
+:[[Image:Object finder 1.2.jpg]]
-[[Image:Fuel price O.F..jpg]]
-<br>
+==See Also==
-[[Image:Fuel price normal.jpg]]
+* [[Attribute panel]]