Scatter
Scatter charts, also known as scatter plots or scatter graphs, are often used to display continuous data relationships.
The demo below illustrates the relationship between vitamin D and preventing COVID-19 infection. On the x-axis is the mean of vitamin D (nmol/L), whereas on the y-axis is the Covid-19 cases per one million of the population. The data was collected from 20 European countries on April 8th, 2020.
Good to know
Pros:
- Allows a quick overview of the data relationship.
- Visualize patterns with ease.
- Easy to interpret and understand.
- Outliers are quick to identify.
- Existence of relationship (or non relation) between variables is quickly identified.
- Can handle a large number of data sets.
- Flexible, as functions with almost any continuous scale data.
Cons:
- Data can be easily cluttered with a large number of series.
- Sometimes it is tricky to determine with accuracy distribution, correlations, and patterns.