close all
% histogram
figure()
x = randn(2000,1);
hist(x, 50);
h = findobj(gca, 'Type','patch');
set(h(1), 'FaceColor',[.2,.2,.2], 'EdgeColor','w', 'linewidth',2)
grid('off')
h = gridxy([],get(gca,'ytick'),'color','w','linewidth',2)
box('off');
uistack(h, 'top')
xlabel('Data')
ylabel('Count')
set(gcf, 'PaperUnits', 'centimeters');
set(gcf, 'PaperSize', [11.7 9.0]);
set(gcf, 'PaperPosition',[0.0 0.0 11.7 9.0]);

% bar plot
figure
x = rand(10,1);
gray = [.5,.5,.5];

bar(1, mean(x), 'EdgeColor','w','FaceColor', gray);
hold on

bar(2, mean(x), 'EdgeColor','w','FaceColor', gray);
plot(0*x + 2, x, 'ok');

bar(3, mean(x), 'EdgeColor','w','FaceColor', gray);
errorbar(3, mean(x), std(x), 'ok');

bar(4, mean(x), 'EdgeColor','w','FaceColor', gray);
errorbar(4, mean(x), std(x)/sqrt(length(x)), 'ok');
set(gca, 'xtick',[])
ylabel('uniformly distributed random data in [0,1]')
box('off')
title('different forms of bar plots')
set(gcf, 'PaperUnits', 'centimeters');
set(gcf, 'PaperSize', [11.7 9.0]);
set(gcf, 'PaperPosition',[0.0 0.0 11.7 9.0]);
hold off

% box plot
figure
x = rand(10,1);
x(10) = 3;
boxplot(x)
set(gca, 'xtick',[])
ylabel('data')
box('off')
title('box plot')
set(gcf, 'PaperUnits', 'centimeters');
set(gcf, 'PaperSize', [11.7 9.0]);
set(gcf, 'PaperPosition',[0.0 0.0 11.7 9.0]);
hold off