At the matlab command prompt type a = 1 and press enter. Next b = 1.0 and press enter. To see what ariable are c!rrently de"ined type whos #o! sho!ld see somethin$ li%e: && whos Name Si'e (ytes )lass Attrib!tes a 1x1 * do!ble b 1x1 * do!ble An array is a list o" n!mbers assi$ned to one ariable. Type x = + 0 1 , - . / 0 we may also !se y = 0:0./:/ Try x1-2 = ,, To preent matlab "rom printin$ o!t the entire array eery time we chan$e somethin$3 we add a semicolon at the end o" the command: x1.2 = 4105 Arrays can be manip!lated !sin$ matrix al$ebra: ' = ,6y or w = ,6y7' Now try x6x x.6x x6x8 x86x Note that the sin$le dash a"ter an array means transpose 9 i.e. a swap o" the rows and col!mns. Note also that the dot in "ront o" the m!ltiplication si$n o" the second command means we m!ltiply element4 by4element. :et8s try to plot somethin$: plot1x3-6x2 A new plot window sho!ld hae appeared. Now try ! = x.6x plot1x3!2 ;e can sae this plot as a pn$ "ile by print 4dpn$ or as an encaps!lated postscript "ile by print 4depsc, These commands created the "iles "i$!re1.pn$ and "i$!re1.eps3 which we co!ld rename 1e.$. m "i$!re1.pn$ plot<x4s=!ared.pn$ on the lin!x command line2 i" we wanted to %eep them. ;e will now read in some data "rom the "ile partdi.txt. :oo%s what8s inside this "ile by typin$ less part!di.txt on the :>N?@ command line. ?se the !p and down arrows and pa$e4!p & pa$e4down to nai$ate the "ile. ;hen yo!8re done press =. :oad the data into matlab with: +con$ress3 year3 total3 dems3 reps0 = textread18partydi.txt83 8As A" A" A" A"83B*38headerlines83-2 (e care"!l here3 there is a space be"ore each A si$n. :et8s ma%e some plots: plot1year3seats2 xlabel18#ear82 ylabel18Total Co!se Seats82 Now try plot1year3dems.Dtotal384b82 xlabel18#ear82 ylabel18Eercenta$e82 ;e can oerplot by t!rnin$ the hold on hold on plot1year3reps.Dtotal384r82 hold o"" ;e can add a le$end with le$end18democrats83 8rep!blicans82 #o! can moe the le$end aro!nd !sin$ the F?> by "irst clic%in$ the arrow3 then selectin$ the le$end box and dra$$in$ it. #o! can $et a sense "or how correlated 1or anti4correlated2 a dataset is by loo%in$ at the correlation coe""icient: corrcoe"1dems.Dtotal3reps.Dtotal2 $ies yo! a ,x, matrix o" coe""icients relatin$ each col!mn to itsel" 1alon$ the dia$onal2 and to the other col!mn1s2 1o""4dia$onals2. TASK Now that yo! hae completed yo!r t!torial3 letGs do some scienceH >nside yo!r home directory3 yo! sho!ld "ind a "ile called Iecent>ndices.txt. ?se :in!x to see what is inside the "ile and what eery col!mn o" the data is. The "irst col!mn is the year and the second is the month o" the obseration. The third col!mn is the obsered s!nspot n!mber3 the * th is the obsered radio "l!x3 and the 10 th is the obsered AE index 1a $eoma$netic index2. To complete this tas%3 yo! m!st 12 $enerate an ima$e 1pn$2 "iles that contain the s!nspot n!mber as a "!nction o" time3 the radio "l!x as a "!nction o" time3 and the obsered AE index as a "!nction o" time. Elot the lines in di""erent colors and ma%e a le$end ,2 $enerate , postscript "iles3 one that contains the scatter plot o" the s!nspot n!mber on the x4axis and radio "l!x on the y axis and one that contains the s!nspot n!mber s AE index. )alc!late the correlation coe""icient between the two al!es and incl!de that in"ormation in the title o" the plot. (e s!re to label all axes o" yo!r plots. ;hen yo! are done with this tas%3 email the res!lts 1- "iles2 to Jacob.heeri%h!isenK!ah.ed!