<s>
TinkerPlots	B-Application
is	O
exploratory	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
and	O
modeling	O
software	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
students	O
in	O
grades	O
4	O
through	O
university	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
or	O
later	O
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
10.4	I-Application
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
also	O
comes	O
with	O
50	O
multivariate	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
TinkerPlots	B-Application
,	O
students	O
can	O
make	O
a	O
large	O
variety	O
of	O
graphs	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
specified	O
for	O
middle	O
school	O
in	O
But	O
rather	O
than	O
making	O
these	O
graphs	O
directly	O
using	O
commands	O
,	O
students	O
construct	O
them	O
by	O
progressively	O
organizing	O
cases	O
using	O
basic	O
operations	O
including	O
“	O
stack	O
,	O
”	O
“	O
order	O
,	O
”	O
and	O
“	O
separate.	O
”	O
Responding	O
to	O
these	O
operations	O
,	O
case	O
icons	O
animate	O
into	O
different	O
screen	O
positions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Innovations	O
of	O
TinkerPlots	B-Application
include	O
using	O
a	O
superimposed	O
color	O
gradient	O
to	O
detect	O
covariation	O
in	O
two	O
numeric	O
attributes	O
and	O
a	O
“	O
hat	O
plot	O
,	O
”	O
a	O
reformulated	O
and	O
generalized	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
box	B-Application
plot	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
substantively	O
different	O
features	O
from	O
versions	O
2.1	O
and	O
2.2	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
enhancements	O
to	O
remain	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
MacOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
