Function 13: Statistics Analysis Tab

Even before BBW 8, when you did a search on the bottom of the search window you could see some of the statistics of your search, how many hits you had, how many verses that they appeared in how fast the search was done and so on. However, this information is brief and it may leave you with a desire for more information, this is where the statistics tab comes in. In the statistics tab there is a lot of information if only we would know how to read it.
The bottom of the search window also may need some interpretive help so we will start there. At the bottom there are several categories, hits, verses, form, and seconds. The hits are the number of search hits one would get per search, this differs than verses or forms. It differs because first of all, you can do searches on multiple words or forms that are not simple words or verses, so for instance you do a search on a verb –noun construction, it is possible to have over three “hits” within one verse. On the other hand the “verses” at the bottom means just that with few exceptions. (The BibleWorks help file does mention the possibility of it with a link to a section on complex word and phrase searches) This simply gives you the number of verse in which the “hits” occurs in. The form identifies the number of form, or forms on which the search is done. The sec. is the time it takes BibleWorks to perform the search, you will probably notice that this is almost always a small number. At times you may see parenthesis around your search result, this just tells you that you have limited your search and gives you the results had you searched the entire version of the text.
After the search if you go into the Analysis window and click on the search tab, you will see even more statistics on your search. The statistics can be displayed in your hits, or your words and displayed as a graph. The graph has three colored bars, green for Old Testament, red for New Testament and blue for everything else (apocryphal books, non-Biblical books). At the top of the statistics tab there is a drop down, from here you can choose whether you want to display how many verses in a particular book had your search, or how many hits were in each book of the Bible. You can also display percentages. The percentages you can display range from entire Bibles to verses with some in between.
When you click on the options on the top of the window, you will have other choices of graphs whether you want it in chapter, book , or just verse this does change some of the other options. You can also change the way the graph is displayed whether you want it to fit inside the window or whether you want it to be horizontal or vertical and so on.
In my opinion the graph bar has been a huge help in displaying more information for the search results. It is things like this with Graphs and visuals in general that Bibleworks has been lacking in comparison to Logos, however, this is done in the BibleWorks fashion and is an excellent add on. I cannot say that I use it the most, however, when it is needed it is a huge help for the visual that I need.