Descriptive & Visualization · TOOL GUIDE

Line Chart

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Understand the method. Use it with confidence.

Visualize trends over sequence or time. Quantly runs the method against your active analysis context and returns structured results for review and interpretation.

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When to use it

Use this tool during exploratory analysis to understand distributions, patterns, relationships, or unusual observations.
Use it only when the selected variables and study design match the method's requirements.

02

How to use it

  1. Open the tool from the Quantly Tools panel.
  2. Confirm the active dataset and analysis session.
  3. Set X-axis (Time/Sequence) (Required): Select the date, time, or sequence column for the X-axis.
  4. Set Y-axis (Value) (Required): Select the numeric variable to plot on the Y-axis.
  5. Set Group by (Optional) (Optional): Select a categorical variable to draw separate lines for each group.
  6. Set Moving Average Window (Optional) (Optional): Calculate and plot a moving average over this window size (e.g., 7 for a 7-day average).
  7. Review optional or advanced settings and keep defaults unless your design requires a change.
  8. Run the tool, inspect warnings and diagnostics, then save or export the result with its assumptions.
03

How to interpret results

Read the visual pattern together with sample size, missingness, scales, and outliers. A chart or descriptive statistic summarizes the observed data and does not by itself establish causation.