Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Scatter Plot


A scatter Plot is a way to understand continuities or discontinuities between two data sets. Note the plot moving from bottom left to upper right. That indicates a positive correlation. The opposite (top left to bottom right) would indicate a negative correlation.



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