How to Construct a Scatter Plot?

To construct a scatter plot, we have to follow the given steps.

Step 1: Identify the independent and dependent variables

Step 2: Plot the independent variable on x-axis

Step 3: Plot the dependent variable on y-axis

Step 4: Extract the meaningful relationship between the given variables.

Let’s understand the process through an example. In the following table, a data set of two variables is given.

Matches Played	2	5	7	1	12	15	18
Goals Scored	1	4	5	2	7	12	11

Now in this data set there are two variables, first is the number of matches played by a certain player and second is the number of goals scored by that player. Suppose, we aim to find out the relationship between the number of matches played by a certain player and the number of goals scored by him/her. For now, let us discard our obvious intuitive understanding that the number of goals scored is directly proportional to the number of matches played. For now, let us assume that we just have the given dataset and we have to extract out relationship between given data pair.

As you can see in the given Scatter Plot, there is some kind of relationship between number of matches played and number of goals scored by a certain player.

Scatter Plot

Scatter plot is a mathematical technique that is used to represent data. Scatter plot also called a Scatter Graph, or Scatter Chart uses dots to describe two different numeric variables. The position of each dot on the horizontal and vertical axis indicates values for an individual data point.

In this article, we have covered the definition of a Scatter Plot, Scatter Plot Graph, How to Construct a Scatter Plot, and others in detail.

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What is a Scatter Plot?

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