I have several line graphs on a single plot. I'd like to indicate what is the
mean of each of them (they are showing cumulative distributions).
Each is a different color.
I tried putting 'mean=xxx' into the legend. That works, but I think it's
confusing. The legend normally displays independent variables, not results.
I put vertical lines and then text, vertically, just below the x-axis giving the
mean values. Not very clear.
This is not really a technical question, but one of presentation style. How to
convey this information?
While I realize that you are not asking for the technical question of “how to do this”, but rather “how to do this so that it looks right”, I want to add some links to some examples on how to technically do annotations in case anyone stumbles across this question while searching.
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/annotation_demo.html
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/annotation_demo2.html
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/annotation_demo3.html
Ben Root
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On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2@…287…> wrote:
I have several line graphs on a single plot. I’d like to indicate what is the
mean of each of them (they are showing cumulative distributions).
Each is a different color.
I tried putting ‘mean=xxx’ into the legend. That works, but I think it’s
confusing. The legend normally displays independent variables, not results.
I put vertical lines and then text, vertically, just below the x-axis giving the
mean values. Not very clear.
This is not really a technical question, but one of presentation style. How to
convey this information?