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scatter diagram

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scatter diagram
A graph plotted with dots or some other symbol at each data point. Also called a "scatter plot" or "dot chart."



A Scatter Diagram
scatter diagram [′skad·ər ‚dī·ə‚gram]
(petrology)
(statistics)
A plot of the pairs of values of two variates in rectangular coordinates. Also known as scatter gram.


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Topics include benchmarking, check sheets, flowcharts, kanban, management involvement, process identification, scatter diagrams, standard operating procedures, teams, value analysis, and variation reduction.
Scatter diagrams Scatter diagrams are used to show whether or not there is a connection between two otherwise unrelated conditions.
[FIGURE 7 OMITTED] A scatter diagram shows nonlinear relationships that result in scattered data plots.
 
 
 
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