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Author:
OriginLab Technical Support
Date Added:
4/11/2017
Last Update:
8/3/2022
Downloads (90 Days):
799
Total Ratings:
38
File Size:
25 KB
Average Rating:
File Name:
2D Confide...se.opx
File Version:
1.41
Minimum Versions:
License:
Free
Type:
App
Summary:

Add confidence ellipse to 2D scatter plot

Screen Shot and Video:
Description:

Purpose
This app is for adding confidence ellipse to a given 2D scatter plot

Installation
Download the file "2D ConfidenceEllipse.opx", and then drag-and-drop onto the Origin workspace. An icon will appear in the Apps gallery window.

Operation

  1. Activate a scatter plot graph,  either select one plot on the graph or select none.
  2. Click the app icon from the Apps gallery window.
  3. Set a confidence level (95 by default). 
  4. By default Link Axis Length to Scale with X:Y Ratio is checked. This is to avoid the resulting ellipse being distorted because of different x,y scale. 
  5. Click OK .  Confidence ellipse and the long axis and short axis of the ellipse are added to the graph. 

 

Updates:

v1.41 11/17/2025 Fixed a bug.
v1.4 Display Ellipse Center xc, yc
v1.3 Bug fixed
v1.2 Display Ellipse Parameters Label on the Graph
v1.1 Bug fixed.

Reviews and Comments:
09/04/2026master dream123

08/07/2026lexuseu1993very good

12/17/20251637NO

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12/17/20251637WU

10/19/20253454567784NO

08/13/2025a1823964613GOOOOD

05/30/202520250230GOOD

05/05/2025sml1211GOOD

04/02/2025Car.ygood

03/19/2025  

12/08/2024ThsanlineGood

04/22/2024Dreamownyou can delete the red circle by follows: double data layer (into drawing properties)-->dispaly and speed -->display element --> anti-selection label。 ok enjoy it !

03/06/2024k11905032Is there a way to remove the red circles that get created with the ellipses?

03/06/2024k11905032Is there a way to remove the red circles that get created with the ellipses?

02/11/2024k11905032Unfortunatelly it does not seem to work in my case. When i press the App button, it creates a worksheet with the ellipse data but the graph window freezes and nothing works anymore. My PC is quite good so i would not expect a performance problem on this side. Thanks for your help beforehand. Edit: It was the link X:Y button. Without it, the App works perfectly fine!

02/11/2024k11905032Unfortunatelly it does not seem to work in my case. When i press the App button, it creates a worksheet with the ellipse data but the graph window freezes and nothing works anymore. My PC is quite good so i would not expect a performance problem on this side. Thanks for your help beforehand.

11/27/2023  

11/13/20232759586150How to extract the beta value of the ellipse?

08/02/2022Ren Tian 

07/22/2022Snowdenburgperfect

04/13/2022marcoscottoHi, how I can get the coordinates of the ellipse center?
Thank you

03/10/2022CHEN XI 

02/28/2022OriginLabHi Ltay017@e.ntu.edu.sg
Do you want to find the lengths of the "Major Axes Tick and Minor Axes Tick"? You can set it in the Axis dialog. If this is not you want, you also can contact to our support team about more issues. ( https://www.originlab.com/index.aspx?go=Support/DocumentationAndHelpCenter )
Thanks
OriginLab

02/26/2022Ltay017Hi, may I know how to find the lengths of the major and minor axes? or at least the coordinates? I am trying to find the area of the ellipse for my project. Thanks!

08/31/2021  

10/12/2020Ren Tian 

07/24/2020liting 

05/31/2020wafa_fawziThis Confidence Ellipse consider for mean or prediction??

02/21/2020aloisioPlease, provide the app ( 2D Confidence Ellipse) for OriginPro 2018 (9.5)

11/26/2018whl_gisgood

05/14/2018yimingcHi terrmeh,
It depends on how you define the "outliers". The outlier definition in linear fit can be referred to our help page:
https://www.originlab.com/doc/Origin-Help/LR-Algorithm#Outliers
Whereas confidence ellipse demonstrates the population means of bivariate distribution and their variation. If you define the points outside the ellipse as outlier, they have totally different meaning than the outliers found in linear regression.

05/14/2018yimingcHi terrmeh,

It depends on how you define the "outliers". The outlier definition in linear fit can be referred to our help page:
https://www.originlab.com/doc/Origin-Help/LR-Algorithm#Outliers
Whereas confidence ellipse demonstrates the population means of bivariate distribution and their variation. If you define the points outside the ellipse as outlier, they have totally different meaning than the outliers found in linear regression.

05/13/2018terrmehHello,
I will appreciate your help and reply.
Actually once I plotted 95% confidence ellipse and also separately I plotted 95% confidence band after having linear fit for my scatter plot.
the problem is the detected number of outliers in second method was more.
should they be the same? if not, why?

Thank you so much in advance.

01/26/2018Hideo FujiiHi ragonaki,
This 2D Confidence Ellipse app runs OriginPro 2017 Service Release(SR) 1, or later. So, if your Origin is not the Pro version(OriginPro) 2017, or Standard Origin 2017, please consider to upgrade to Pro in the former case, or update to SR1 from https://www.originlab.com/index.aspx?go=SUPPORT/ServiceReleases . --Hideo Fujii, OriginLab

01/15/2018ragonakiIt didn't work with OriginPro 2017

11/05/2017terence0731Can you guys make this app available for older versions?