I want to plot a line over a bar graph that shows a smooth distribution and display the mean, median, and range of the data.

First, how do I overlay information on a plot. I want to give the mean, median and range of a distribution inside the axes figure.

Also, how do I overlay a smooth line over my bar graph to give a more visually appealing view of the distribution?

[Matt Fig]

Sample data and plot??

[Caleb]

% create data  
A = rand(1,10);

% plot data    
bar(A);

% obtain statistics
    meanA = mean(A);
    medianA = median(A);
    min = min(A)
    max = max(A)

Answer 1

[Kevin Claytor]

You can use hold on to overlay plots (scaling factors 300, 150, 125 chosen to arbitrarily);

A = randn(1000,1);
hist(A)
hold on
x = linspace(-4,4);
plot(x,exp(-x.^2)*300,'r')
plot(meanA,150,'kd');
plot(medianA,150,'ko');
plot([min(A),max(A)],125,'ko');

Also, naming variables after functions (min = min(A)) is bad form.

[Caleb]

Can I annotate the marker placed on the graph? I want to show the actual value and not just the location.

[Caleb]

Also, the curve has little to do with the data. I want to use the data to form the curve.