Scatter Plot

Dots are placed in an x-y coordinate system, based on two variables. The plot is often used when it is thought that the variables are correlated.

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Examples

Elon Musk’s posting (and sleep) schedule

Not to dwell on Musk, but I was reminded of this dot plot…

Sitting vs. standing jobs

Some jobs require a lot of standing, crouching, and climbing, whereas other jobs…

Higher margins with fewer hospital staff, not the best mix

Many hospitals in the United States are for-profit, which itself is not a…

Make the Chart: Scatterplot Using Text Instead of Dots

I made a chart about Halloween candy. Even dumb charts need attention and require that choices are made.

Halloween Candy Ratings by Cost and Love

This is very important. How did your favorite candy rate?

Communal Plot, a shared coordinate space to see how your taste compares

PerThirtySix made a communal plot that asks for your opinion via scatterplot and…

Diversity in college admissions without considering race

For NYT’s The Upshot, Aatish Bhatia and Emily Badger model how colleges might…

How much AI will affect your job

Research by Edward W. Felten, Manav Raj, and Robert Seamans provides estimates for…

UC admission rates for California public and private high schools

For the San Francisco Chronicle, Nami Sumida shows admission rates at University of…

Shifts in time on the Doomsday Clock

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphorical clock that symbolizes a catastrophic end to…

Happiness and Meaning in What We Do

There are things that make us happy. There are things where we find meaning in the everyday. What are the things that give us both?

Names that are more dog or more human

There appears to be a trend of using human names for pets. Alyssa…

Who pays for Twitter

Twitter Blue is a subscription service from Twitter that primarily provided premium features…

Gas prices and confidence

Everywhere you go, gas prices show up on big boards, like a proxy…

Estimating the condition of the economy

Measuring the condition of the economy is tricky, because there are many parts…

More friendships between rich and poor might mean less poverty

Recently published in Nature, research by Chetty, R., Jackson, M.O., Kuchler, T. et…