Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Star Plot

Star Plot - Also referred to as radar plots, this is a plot that can be more effective than a multiple bar chart for comparing small amounts of multivariate data.

Correlation Matrix

Correlation Matrix A Correlation matrix describes correlation among M variables. It is a square symmetrical matrix with the element equal to the correlation coefficient between variables. The diagonal elements (correlations of variables with themselves) are always equal to 1.00.

Similarity Matrix

Similarity Matrix - A similarity matrix is a matrix of scores which express the similarity between two data points.

Stem and Leaf Plot

Stem and Leaf Plot - Stem and leaf plots are a way of presenting numerical data. The data found on the left hand side of the solid line is considered the stem, and the numbers on the right are the leaves.

Box Plot

Box Plot - graphically depicts groups of numerical data through their five-number summaries.

Histogram

Histogram - chart that shows frequencies of a particular recorded data.

Parallel Coordinate Graph

Parallel Coordinate Graph - used to display numerous amounts of datasets.