Is it possible to make a contour plot in JMP with independent X and Y variables?I am trying to create a contour plot in JMP where my X and Y variables are independent while my Z is dependent on both. So far as I can tell, the contour plotting funciton in JMP seems to be exclusively to look at data density between dependent variables. Is it possible to make a contour plot in JMP that has independent X and Y variables?
AnalyticsGraphicsRe: Is it possible to make a contour plot in JMP with independent X and Y variables?Do you have a formula for Z?
If not, use Graph > Contour Plot. The X and Y variables go into the X role. Z goes into the Y role. Triangulation will be used to form the contours so they may not be real smooth. To get the smoothest contours, you want a model/formula.
If you have a formula, you can still use Graph > Contour Plot, but you could also use Graph > Contour Profiler and only specify the Z column since it has a formula. That will provide a smooter
Re: Is it possible to make a contour plot in JMP with independent X and Y variables?I generally would graph it from matrix form where [x1 .. xn] * [y1 ... yn] = [z11 ... znn]
The x range would then go on the x-axis, y range on the y and the z matrix would define the contour levels in the contour plot.
I originally tried your approach, however it just plots my y variable as a line graph with respect to x. For example if x is some continuous distance and y is temperature, I record intensities (Z) as a function of x, and those intensities will change to different values of x with increasing temperatures.
If I make a column for my x values and another column for my temperatures, and then have the resulting intensities at each temperature in their own column and follow your approach, it gives me multiple graphs for each resulting intensities that are essentially a line graph of temp vs distance
Re: Is it possible to make a contour plot in JMP with independent X and Y variables?I'm having a hard time understanding why it did not work for you. Could you share a fictional dataset in the form that you described in your last paragraph? Specifically, a column for X values, a column for the Y values, and a column for the corresponding intensities? And perhaps a picture of what you DO see when you try to make the contour plot along with an example of what it SHOULD look like?
Re: Is it possible to make a contour plot in JMP with independent X and Y variables?Not my data, but an example of what the graph is supposed to look like, and a fictional data set is attached.
