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📊 A dot graph 📊 To plot dots
to scatterplot

to scatterplot

4.5
To put data as dots on a graph to show how two things relate
  • verb
  • /ˈskætərˌplɑt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : representar en un diagrama de dispersión
  • To analyze the relationship between study hours and test scores, the researcher will scatterplot the data collected from students.

Examples

  • You can scatterplot the data to see if there is a trend or pattern.

  • After collecting the survey responses, she used software to scatterplot the information for analysis.

  • The scientist decided to scatterplot the results to identify any correlation between the two variables.

  • The software can scatterplot the data easily.

  • We will scatterplot the results from our experiments.

  • By scatterploting the sales figures against advertising spend, the company hoped to uncover trends in consumer behavior.

  • The analyst will scatterplot the two variables during the presentation to illustrate how they are related.

Synonyms

to graph
vsto scatterplot
6 3.2

To draw data as a diagram using lines, bars, or dots

is more specific, plotting individual values as dots for two variables

Surface Forms

scatterplot infinitive
scatterplotted past
scatterplotted past participle
scatterplotting present participle
scatterplots third person singular

Etymology

To scatterplot mixes scatter ('to throw or spread in different directions') and plot ('to mark points on a drawing or graph'). So to scatterplot data is to put individual dots on a graph so you can see patterns between two things.