Friday, April 23, 2010

Star Plot

This is an example of a star plot. A stor plot is a a graphical method displaying multivariate data. Each of these data pots or stars represent a sigle observation. www.commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Star_plots

Correlation Matrix

This is an example of a correlation matrix. A correlation matrix shows the covariances between elements of a random vector. www.livestockgenomics.csiro.au/Genome_to_Phenome/

Windrose

This is an example of a windrose graph. This graph shows representations of wind speeds and directions in a windrose multiplied by their percentage of concurrance. www.lion.cs.uiuc.edu/projects/wsn_ornl.html

Climograph

Climograph is a graphical representation of the basic climatic parameters, that is mostly average temperature and precipitation, at a certain location. it is used for a quick-view of the climate of a location.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climograph

Population Profile

This is a example of a population profile that compares age class to percentage population. This graph was done to show the population growth curve for Mobile County in 1998. www.camelia.shc.edu/.../statisticassign.htm

Triangular plot


A triangular plot, also known as a ternary plot, is a barycentric plot on three variable which sum to a constant. It graphically depicts the ratios of the three variables as positions in an equilateral triangle.

Scatter Plot

This is an example of a scatter plot, the individual blue dots show the results of each sample. This study compared the age of the husband compared to the age of the wife. www.mzandee.net/.../chapter4/pearson.html

Index Value Plot

This is an example of a index value plot of the United States since June 22, 1999. It compares the average streamflow index and the years studied. www.waterwatch.usgs.gov/?m=real&w=plot

Lorenz curve

This is a graph of using a Lorenz curve. This graph illustrates enequality by comparing percentage of households and percentage of income. www.math.yorku.ca/.../milestone/milestone.pdf

Bilateral Graph

This is a bilateral graph of the Japan's environmental official development assistance from 1994 - 1998. www.mofa .go.jp/.../pamph/2001/oda.html

Nominal Area Choropleth Map

This is a nominal area choropleth map of the United States. This map shows the minority groups with highest percent of state population. www.e-education.psu.edu/.../policies.shtml


Similarity Matrix

A similarity matrix is a matrix of scores which express the similarity between two data points. They are used in sequence alignment.

Unstandardized Choropleth Map

This is an unstandardized choropleth map of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. This map represents the total number of ski shops by county. www.uwec.edu/.../northwoods/silent_sports.html

Standardized Choropleth Map

This is a standardized choropleth map of Canada, which shows the percentage of population aged 14 years and under by the Census Division of Canada. www.statcan.gc.ca/.../figures/5200001-eng.htm

Histogram

A histogram is a graphical display of tabular frequencies, shown as adjacent rectangles. each rectangle is erected over an interval, with an area equal to the frequency of the interval. The height of a rectangle is also equal to the frequency density of the interval.
http://en.wikipedia/wiki/Histogram

Univariate Choropleth Map

This is a univariate choropleth map of the United States. This map shows the percentages of individuals living in the poverty, by county, in 2000. www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/oct/07_0091.htm

Box plot

A boxplot is a convenient way of graphically depicting groups of numerical data through their five-number summaries. A boxplot may also indicate which observations, if any, might be considered outliers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_plot

Stem and leaf plot


A stem and leaf plot, also known as a stemplot, is a device for presenting quantitative data in a graphical format, similar to a histogram, to assist in visualizing the shape of a distribution.

Bivariate Choropleth Map

This is an example of a bivariate choropleth map made by Frenchman Charles Dupin's. www.indiemaps.com/blog/page/2/

Unclassed Choropleth Map

This is a unclassed choropleth map of the proportion of children aged 0-15.