Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Scatterplot



Scatterplots are types of graphs that displays two variables for a set of data. The two variables make up the data points that create cartesian coordinates for the set of data. It is a summary of bivariate data that gives a good visual representation between the two variables. By producing a scatterplot, data can be visually examined to determine if their is a strong or week association between the variables. The above scatterplot is examining the number of sepals and petals in a variety of different species. You can see that the greater number of sepals means the species usually have less petals and vice versa.

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