If you understand the definition of a mathematical function, a good way to judge it is that any line drawn parallel to the y-axis intersects with the values in the function’s curve only once. The same ...

Despite the chant that correlation is not causation, some researchers believe the design of scatter plots nudges us to the wrong conclusions. Can a change in their design lessen that risk? Analyzing ...

Scatter plots are one the most common types of graphs to help legal managers make decisions. Here's how to make sure you're using them effectively. Along with bar charts, scatter plots are probably ...

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In addition to using the shape, size, and color attributes to control the markers, you can specify a categorical variable whose values control these marker characteristics. To do so, use the ...

Extracting insight from unstructured information is nothing new for Bloomberg. Every day Bloomberg uses automated systems to pull data from Word documents, PDFs, paragraphs of text, and tables.

Scatter plots require us to visually assemble data point symbols into patterns so that we can understand the relationship between the variables. Symbols can therefore have a large impact on figure ...