Thursday, March 29, 2012

Stem and Leaf Plot


http://www.eduplace.com/math/mhm/5/06a/index.html

A stem and leaf plot is an efficient way to display data and works by splitting each observation, or number, into 2 parts; the stem or the leaf. The stem is the first digit/s, and the leaves are the remaining digits. Looking somewhat like a histogram once completed, the plot is an easy way to visually display observation values.

Star Plot



http://what-when-how.com/statistics/skewness-to-systematic-review-statistics/

A star plot displays multivariate data in a graphical way, by depicting each individual observation as a 'star', with each spoke representing a certain variable. The length of the spoke indicates the value of the variable, relative to all the other spokes' lengths and the other observations. In this image, air pollution data for four separate cities is displayed through star plots. When comparing each observation, or city, it's clear that Chicago's pollution is the greatest, relative to the other 3 observations.