Despite the chant that correlation is not causation, some researchers believe the design of scatter plots nudges us to the wrong conclusions. Can a change in their design lessen that risk? Analyzing ...

You can make an Excel scatter plot assigning one of the variables in each record to the x-coordinate and one to the y-coordinate on a standard graph axis. Each point will then be plotted as a ...

Guidelines: Scatter plots are among the more difficult graphs to describe, especially if there is a need to make specific data point accessible. Provide the title and axis labels. Identify the image ...

You must specify one or more x -axis variables and one or more y -axis variables. For three-dimensional plots, you must specify one or more z -axis variables. For a two-dimensional scatter plot, ...

The results are impressive. The system has been shown to successfully extract data from 89 percent of procedurally-generated scatter plots, and 78 percent of scatter plots found on the Web.

Rotating plots to form diamonds could prevent correlation-causation confusion Researchers suggest tilting scatter plots by 45 degrees to make the viewer question assumptions about correlation.