Scatter plot

How it is used

Used to look for correlation, clusters and outliers. You plot or draw a scatter plot, sometimes adding a trend line. Also written 'scatterplot' or called a 'scatter chart' or 'scatter graph'.

Example sentences

1. The scatter plot of price against rating shows almost no relationship.

2. Add a trend line to the scatter plot so people can see the direction quickly.

Common collocations

• draw a scatter plot
• scatter plot with a trend line
• scatter plot matrix
• plot X against Y

Related terms

• correlationA relationship between two variables in which they tend to change together, often measured by a coefficient from -1 to 1, where 0 means no linear relationship.
• data visualizationThe practice of showing data as charts, graphs and maps so that people can see patterns, comparisons and changes more quickly than in a table.
• outlierA value that is very far from most of the other values in a dataset, for example one order of 50,000 dollars among orders of around 40 dollars.
• regressionA bug where something that used to work stops working after a change, such as a new feature breaking an old one.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• scatter plot · Data Science & Analytics
• scatter plot · Statistics

More terms: Machine Learning and Data Processing

• artificial intelligence
• machine learning
• model
• dataset
• training data
• label
• train
• supervised learning
• neural network
• deep learning
• loss function
• overfitting