1. Fishing for Data QELP Clams Developed by Tom Steinke July 2003

2. Tutorial at a Glance Searching for Data Importing Data into Fathom Modeling Data in Fathom

3. Searching for Data Google Search Engine Type in www.google.ca and hit the enter key

4. Searching for Data Google Search Engine Type in QELP and left click on the Google Search button

5. Searching for Data QELP Home Page Link Left click on the QELP Home Page link

6. Searching for Data QELP Data Page Link Left click on the QELP Data link

7. Searching for Data QELP Data Page Left click on the Liner Scatterplots link

8. Searching for Data QELP Clam Data Link Left click on the DataSet#001 link

9. Searching for Data QELP Clam Data Page This page contains the data we want

10. Importing Data Into Fathom E-Drop Open a blank Fathom document Left click, hold and drag the e next to the URL and drag it up into the Fathom document

11. Importing Data Into Fathom E-Drop You should see a collection in your Fathom document. A collection contains or holds your data.

12. Modeling Data In Fathom Case Table Left click on the New Case Table icon Now left click in the open white space of your document. You should see a Case Table.

13. Modeling Data In Fathom New Graph Left click on the New Graph icon. Now left click in the open white space of your document. You should see an Empty Plot.

14. Modeling Data In Fathom Graphing Left click, hold and drag the first attribute over to the horizontal axis of the Empty Plot.

15. Modeling Data In Fathom Graphing You now have a Dot Plot showing the distribution of clam widths. Each dot is a clam

16. Modeling Data In Fathom Graphing Left click, hold and drag the first attribute over to the vertical axis of the Empty Plot.

17. Modeling Data In Fathom Graphing You now have a Scatter Plot showing the relationship between the clam widths and lengths.

18. Modeling Data In Fathom Line of Best Fit Left click on Graph. Now left click on Movable Line

19. Modeling Data In Fathom Line of Best Fit You now have a brown Movable Line as well as its equation. To enlarge the graph, left click, hold and drag the lower left hand corner of the frame.

20. Modeling Data In Fathom Line of Best Fit

21. Try grabbing (left click and hold) and dragging either end and the middle of the brown Movable Line. Notice how the equation automatically updates itself. Move the Movable Line so that you have your line of best fit.