Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Parallel Coordinate Plot




Parallel coordinate plots is method of visually analyzing multivariate data. These plots use a 3-axis system to display data. Each variable to be analyized and displayed will correspond to one of the vertical parallel axis. Parallels are considered to be a measure of an nth dimension. One some ways these types of plots best represent data tables. The columns represent the parallels while the rows represent the location of where the line will intersect the parallel. This plot is comparing the percentage of population against several variables that includes race, gender, ethnicity, and other.

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