Stem and Leaf Plot

Below is a stem and leaf plot showing infant mortality rates in Western Africa. A stem and leaf plot is a plot where each data value is split into a leaf and a stem.

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Box Plot

Below is a box plot that shows the annual snow depth at Mathsville Skit Resort. The box plot shows the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum of snow depth.

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Histogram

The histogram below shows the number of students that scored between a certain score on their exam. A histogram is a diagram that uses rectangles who area is proportional to the frequency of a variable and whose width is equal to the class interval.



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Parallel Coordinate Graph

A parallel coordinate plot maps each row of data as a line. Each attribute of a row is represented by a point on the line. The parallel coordinate plot below maps a person political preference  by age, education, work, race and sex.


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Triangular Plot

A triangular plot depicts three variables as positions in a triangle. The soil texture plot below shows the percent of different materials that make up soil texture.



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Windrose

Wind rose is used by meteorologists to show wind speed and direction at a particular location. The wind rose plot below shows the wind speed and direction for LaGuardia Airport in New York.



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Climograph

A climograph shows monthly average temperature and precipitation at a certain location. Below is a climograph for Boulder, Colorado.

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