How+To?

//How Do I Use Fathom?//  A Tutorial in Words

=Entering Data= In order to create your own data in Fathom you first need to open a collection. Once you've opened your new collection, we can add data by dragging a table into the work space. Once we have our table we can enter our own data by adding attributes and the actual data into the table.

There are three ways to enter pre-collected data into Fathom. 1) Copy and paste 2) Click and drag URL 3) Click and drag file

You can also import data that is already on Fathom under sample documents. First open a new case, make sure you have your case selected Then go to file import Import From File Select the Fathom Icon Go to Fathom 2 Sample Documents Then you can select a set of data that you'd like to observe.

=Creating a Graph= We can very easily create a graph from a set of data by simply highlighting the data set and clicking and dragging the graph into the work space. Then add attributes by dragging them from our table onto one of the axises. We can change the type of graph easily by selecting a different style in the top right corner of the graph.

=Entering Formulas= There are a few ways to enter a formula into Fathom. I believe the easiest way is to highlight your table, create a new attribute, name it, and right click and add formula. Once in formula editor there are a plethora of options to choose from, anywhere from mean(attribute) to finding density functions. These formulas have to be written in a very specific manner in order to ensure your data gets manipulated the way you'd like.

Let's watch a pro do it so that I don't foul it up like I probably did the last example I tried to [|show...]

=How This Can Be Used With Probability= There are thousands of possibilities for integrating just about any type of math with Fathom, however there are some Probability and Statistic specific functions that I'll highlight
 * ===Hypothesis Testing===




 * ===Binomial Distributions===


 * ===Relative Frequency===

These are just a few examples of how Fathom can be used in a probability setting, there are nearly endless possibilities when you consider all the different manipulations you can do with this program crossed with the number of different ways to input data. You can do just about anything with anything in here, it's a very powerful tool and certainly has more tools than what I've just shown. So if you ever need more information, help, or anything are interested in something we did not cover, you can find a detailed explanation of just about every process [|here.]

It would probably take an entire semester to highlight everything this software can do.