Editing Biostatistics (section)

==== Scatter plot ====

A [[scatter plot]] is a mathematical diagram that uses Cartesian coordinates to display values of a dataset. A scatter plot shows the data as a set of points, each one presenting the value of one variable determining the position on the horizontal axis and another variable on the vertical axis.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Seeing through statistics|last=Utts|first=Jessica M.|date=2005|publisher=Thomson, Brooks/Cole|isbn=978-0534394028|edition= 3rd|location=Belmont, CA|oclc=56568530}}</ref> They are also called '''scatter graph''', '''scatter chart''', '''scattergram''', or '''scatter diagram'''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Basic statistics|last=Jarrell|first=Stephen B.|date=1994|publisher=Wm. C. Brown Pub|isbn=978-0697215956|location=Dubuque, Iowa|oclc=30301196}}</ref>