Sunday, December 7, 2008

Box plot

www.physics.csbsju.edu/stats/box2.html

A boxplot is graph that shows groups of numerical data. It shows central location, average, and measures of dispersion. Above is an example of a boxplot.

Histogram


www.leanmanufacturingconcepts.com/LeanTool_TQ...

A Histogram shows tabulated frequencies in order o analyze the variations of data within the intervals of the variables. This histogram is showing defects in distribution weekly.

Parallel coordinate graph


rosuda.org/mondrian/Mondrian.html

A Parallel coordinate graph is a that plots each variable on a vertical axis and is connected by a set of points. They can be used to show different relationships among different variable on the vertical axis plotted. This graph shows the relationships of the the ingredients of olive oil.

Triangular plot

http://addictedtor.free.fr/graphiques/RGraphGallery.php?graph=76

A Triangular plot graphs three different variables that add up to one piece of information. The variable are often some type of terrain and are in a triangle form. This graph shows soil textures defined as proportions of clay, sand, and silt.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Windrose

www.climate.washington.edu/climate.html

A Windrose is a graph typically used by meteorologists to show wind speed and the direction of the wind for a certain area.The graph is circular and shows the wind speeds blowing in certain directions. This Windrose shows wind speeds in Knots in Washington state.

Climograph

www.washburn.edu/.../tfry/Climate%20article.htm

A Climograph is a graph that can give a depiction of the monthly precipitation and temperature conditions for a given area or region. The bar graph shows the precipitation and the line graph shows the temperature. This graph shows precipitation and temperature in Moscow, Russia.

Population profile

camellia.shc.edu/.../statisticsassign.htm

A population profile or population pyramid shows age and sex distributions for a given region. It uses a vertical and horizontal scale to show the percent of population and the age class. This graph is a 1998 Census population graph of Mobile County, Alabama.