Monday, July 1, 2013

ScatterPlot

http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/esm_sincich_pracstats_2/chapter2/custom2/deluxe-content.html
A Scatter Plot is used to investigate the possible relationship between two variables that both relate to the same event. The scatter plot above corrilates excersise on equipment per length of equipment ownership.

Population Profile

http://www.theitc.org.uk/blog/
The above population profile is a chart showing the number of people as a function of their ages in the United Kingdom.

Windrose

http://www.artmeetsearth.org/landmaps.html
Above is a wind rose. A wind rose is a graphic tool used by meteorologists to give a succinct view of how wind speed and direction are typically distributed at a particular location.

Triangle Plot with contouring

http://www.gigawiz.com/ternary.html
Creating a triangular plot, also known as a ternary diagram, involves transforming three variables to ratios of three dependent proportions that are plotted in a 2-D simplex. Above is a 2-D projection of a ternary diagram that displays values of a 4th dimension using a color scale, contouring by triangulation.

Parallel Coordinate Graph

http://stn.spotfire.com/stn/Configure/VisualizationTypes.aspx
The Parallel Coordinate Graph resembles the line chart, but maps each row in the data table as a line. The graph above lists the percentage of natural sweetners in various foods.

Box Plot

http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/boxplot.htm
a box plot is a convenient way of graphically depicting groups of numerical data through their quartiles. This box plot reveals that a machine has a significant effect on energy with respect to location and possibly variation.

Stem-and-leaf

http://math.andyou.com/418
A stem-and-leaf display is a device for presenting quantitative data in a graphical format. Above is a stem-and-leaf depicting basketball player heights.