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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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Scatterplots of independent variables against dependent variables were visually inspected to determine linearity and to ensure that outlier and influential data points did not compromise the results.
An inspection of the bivariate scatterplot for each variable indicated that means for subject area were highest for art/music, business/computers, social studies/physical education, and vocational courses, and lowest scores were from teachers of English, foreign language, reading, and journalism, mathematics, and sciences, in that order.
 
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