Simple Stats

Compare samples or groups of samples with bar charts, box plots, histogram overlays and a sample by marker heatmap.

The Simple Stats tab (called Statistics before version 1.0) draws quick comparisons of a gate across samples. For high-dimensional analysis with clustering, differential testing and group statistics, enable the Honeycluster or Automated Gating plugin in Edit > App Configuration.

Make a chart

  1. Choose the samples. Pick a flat list of samples, or a set of folders. Folders are treated as groups.
  2. Choose the chart type: bar chart, box-and-whisker chart, 1D histogram overlay or heatmap.
  3. Choose the gate to compare.
  4. Choose the statistic (bar and box charts), or the channel (histogram overlay).
Simple Stats settings for a bar chart

Bar chart and box-and-whisker chart

The statistics available are:

  • % Total Events
  • % Parent
  • Number of Events
  • Mean Intensity, in any channel

A bar chart shows one bar per sample.

Bar chart comparing samples

A box-and-whisker chart compares folders of samples: each folder is a group, and each sample in it a replicate.

Box-and-whisker chart comparing folders of samples

1D histogram overlay

Overlays the histograms of one channel for the chosen gate in each sample.

Simple Stats settings for a 1D histogram overlay
1D histogram overlay comparing samples

Heatmap

Shows the median intensity of every marker (columns) in the chosen gate for each sample (rows). There is no statistic or channel to choose.

Heatmap of median intensity in the Singlets gate for three samples (rows) across scatter channels, markers, AF Abundance and AF Index (columns)
A Simple Stats heatmap of the Singlets gate for three samples. With per-cell autofluorescence, AF Abundance and AF Index appear as columns too.

Export the data

Charts can be exported as an image, or as a CSV file of their values to open in a spreadsheet.

Chart data exported as CSV and opened in a spreadsheet