There are several statistics that can be computed by FlowJo. The full list of statistics includes such computations as median, mean, or frequency within a parent population. Statistics are added as separate nodes in the workspace window. A statistic is recomputed whenever a gate is changed.
Statistics can be added to populations in three ways:
- By selecting one or more populations and clicking on the Statistic function button
in the workspace window; this adds statistics to the selected populations. - By viewing a population in a graph window (right) and clicking on the Statistic button in that window. Both ways brings up the Statistics Dialog window.
- When you are preparing a tabular report, you can add a new statistic to appear as a column in your table.
Statistics are displayed in the workspace window whenever they are calculated. All statistics can be hidden from view by selecting Hide Statistics in the Workspace menu (show them by selecting Show Statistics in the same menu.)
Statistics can be conveniently organized and exported by the table editor. Statistics nodes can be dragged to the table definition; when the table is computed, then all statistic nodes will be updated and computed.
In addition, you can drag statistics into the layout editor. This will create a text box containing the statistic description and the value; it will be updated whenever the statistic is modified (i.e., it is "live").
