Patent ID: 8884965

Claim:
An electronic device for graphically illustrating a statistical display based on a set of numerical data, comprising: a computing unit for computing a geometric mean of the set of numerical data, a first generalized mean with a first non-zero exponent of the set of numerical data, and a second generalized mean with a second non-zero exponent of the set of numerical data, the first and second non-zero exponents having contrary signs; a plot generating unit coupled to said computing unit for generating a plot with reference to the geometric mean, the first generalized mean computed by said computing unit, and the second generalized mean, the plot having first and second indications that are aligned in an axis direction, and that respectively correspond to the first generalized mean and the geometric mean, and a third indication that is aligned with the first and second indications in the axis direction, and that corresponds to the second generalized mean, wherein said plot generating unit includes: an indication generating module that is coupled to said computing unit for generating the first, second and third indications with reference to the first generalized mean, the geometric mean and the second generalized mean computed by said computing unit, wherein said indication generating module generates the first indication by dividing the first generalized mean by the geometric mean, and the third indication by dividing the second generalized mean by the geometric mean, and sets the second indication to correspond to a value of 1, a format parameter computing module coupled to said indication generating module for computing a first format parameter with reference to the first and second indications, and a second format parameter with reference to the second and third indications, a format determining module coupled to said format parameter computing module for determining a display format with reference to at least one of the first and second format parameters, and a plot generating module coupled to said indication generating module and said format determining module for generating the plot with the first, second and third indications marked thereon using the display format determined by said format determining module; and an output unit coupled to said plot generating unit for outputting the plot for viewing by a user.