Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Star Plot



Star plots are used to examine the relative values for single data points and to locate similar or disimliar points. Star plots are generated in a mulit-plot format with many stars on each page, each star representing one observation.

Box Plot


This simple box plot, this type of graph is usually used in descriptive statistics to display the disturbution of data and the relationship in between based on the five number summary. The image is pretty self explanatory showing the number ranging from the minimun, first quartile, median, third quartile and maximum.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Histogram


This is an example of a typical histogram. A histogram is a graph that displays tubular frequencies, shown as adjacent rectangles. This graph has vivid colors in order to decipher the information presented.