| Name | Description | Lab where First Used |
| bplot |
makes one or more boxplots | 2 |
| clf |
clears figure (useful after subplot) | 1 |
| diary |
makes text listing of MATLAB session | 1 |
| exppdf |
exponential density function | 6 |
| expcdf |
exponential cumulative distribution | 6 |
| exprnd |
generates exponential random variables | 6 |
| figure |
creates new plot window | 1 |
| help |
displays function help files | 1 |
| hist |
makes histogram of a data vector | 1 |
| hplot |
histogram with y scale in probability units | 1 |
| load |
uploads to memory .mat files | 1 |
| lplot |
allows character variable in x position | 2 |
| lm |
least squares program for linear models | 3 |
| means |
mean of a variable by levels of other variables | 3 |
| mfit |
fitted effects for factorial experiments | 3 |
| mplot |
plot of means by levels of other variables | 3 |
| normpdf |
normal density function | 6 |
| normcdf |
normal cumulative distribution | 6 |
| normrnd |
generates normal random variables | 6 |
| path |
shows directories that are currently accessible | 1 |
| plot |
creates scatterplot (x-y plot) | 1 |
| quantile |
gives interpolated quantile estimate | 1 |
| read |
interactive method for reading in data | 1 |
| readfile |
reads data from a file (also file2struct) | 1 |
| sample |
random samples and permutations | 1 |
| save |
saves work for future use | 1 |
| stats |
basic statistics for one or more vectors | 1 |
| struct2file |
writes text file of struct | 1 |
| subplot |
creates multiple plots in one window | 1 |
| subset |
creates subsets of structs | 4 |
| text |
adds text to a plot | 1 |
| title |
adds title to a plot | 1 |
| viewdata |
lists contents of structure arrays | 1 |
| who,whos |
lists objects currently in memory | 1 |
| xlabel |
adds x label to a plot | 1 |
| ylabel |
adds y label to a plot | 1 |