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Multivariate Visualization Using Scatterplots

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Scatter chart; Scatter diagram; Scatter graph; Scatterchart; Scattergram; Scattergraph; Scatterplot

Definition

Multivariate visualization by scatterplots is the usage of diagrams to visualize sets of data that have more than three variables.

A scatterplot is a chart or mathematical diagram displaying a set of data as a collection of points using Cartesian coordinates, usually defined by horizontal and vertical axes. Each point on the chart represents two variables, x and y, calculated independently to form bivariate pairs (xi, yi). A functional relation between x and y is not necessary. The purpose of a scatterplot is to reveal (if existing) the relation between the displayed variables.

Introduction

Multivariate visualizations deal with the challenge of displaying sets of data with three or more variables: this peculiar feature poses two kinds of problems. First, most of the charts and diagrams usually adopted to visualize data cannot display more than three dimensions...

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  1. Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, I-10129, Torino, Italy

    Fabrizio Lamberti, Federico Manuri & Andrea Sanna

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Lamberti, F., Manuri, F., Sanna, A. (2017). Multivariate Visualization Using Scatterplots. In: Lee, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9_84-1

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