Plot Tutorial

  • Plots can usually be downloaded by clicking the button next to the image. The image is saved in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file-format, which allows arbitrary resizing and editing without degrading the image quality. You can edit the image using the free software Inkscape which can also convert the image to other formats.
  • Data from some plots can be copied into probability distributions that can be used in other simulations. Look for the and buttons next to the plot.
Plot showing a probability distribution.
  • This plot shows a probability distribution where the height of the blue area indicates the likelihood of the values on the x-axis.
  • The red box at the bottom shows the probability of loss, i.e. the fraction of the distribution that is negative.
  • The background is green for gains and red for losses.
Plot showing a 2D probability distribution.
  • This plot shows a 2-dimensional probability distribution, where darker shades of cornflower blue indicate higher likelihoods for those areas.
  • The x-axis typically shows varying inputs for the simulation model, and the y-axis shows the corresponding simulation results.
  • The red box at the bottom shows the probability of loss for the value on the x-axis that is marked as a dashed blue line.
  • The background is green for gains and red for losses.
Violin-plot showing probability distributions for multiple years.
  • This is a violin-plot that shows the probability distribution for each future year.
  • These are often shown with a box-plot inside, which can make them look like violins (and something else we can't quite recall, but we might have seen a long time ago).
  • If there are negative values in some distributions, then the red boxes at the bottom show the probability of loss for each, i.e. the fraction of the distribution that is negative.
  • The background is green for gains and red for losses.
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