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Dotplots
Author(s) -
Sasieni Peter D.,
Royston Patrick
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2986156
Subject(s) - mathematics
SUMMARY The dotplot is a graphical display that has features in common with the histogram and the scatterplot. Although in common use in scientific journals, it has received scant attention in the statistical literature. We describe the basic dotplot and possible enhancements. We discuss the types of data phenomena that it is suited to detect or represent, compare it with other techniques and give a range of examples. We discuss computational issues and give code fragments in Fortran that may form the basis of a dotplot program. Such software could replace the artists' drawings that frequently appear in journals and could encourage the use of dotplots in exploratory analysis.