Questions tagged [scatterplot]
Pairs of (x,y) values plotted as points in Cartesian coordinates. Widely used as an exploratory and diagnostic tool.
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Is this the correct way to go about determining correlation between upstream and downstream temperature?
I am new to stats and R in general, so please bear with me. I have been trying to find an answer to this question for about the past week and have spent a ton of hours researching but am still ...
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Intensity outliers/anomalies in 2D plot
I wonder what kind of method better to use to see outliers on z value of 2D plot. For example, I have measurements of x and y values both in range of 1 to 16 with step of 1. Next I calculate how many ...
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Is there a statistical reason why I have diagonal lines in log2FC correlation plots?
I have created a de novo RNA-seq assembly using Trinity with samples from 4 treatment groups and then ran a DEG analysis on each pairwise combination of the 4 groups. Then, I looked at how DEGs that ...
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How to find relationship between a categorical nominal variable and numerical variable? [closed]
I am interested in finding the relationship between a nominal categorical variable and a numerical variable. We can't use scatter diagrams, or measurements of correlations for finding such ...
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Visualize Cronbach's alpha in R Ggplot scatterplot as a regression line? [closed]
I'm looking for a way to make a scatterplot of the correlation between two questionnaires using Cronbach's alpha:
Data:
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Why do my residual plot and scatterplot look the same and what does this mean?
I am investigating the relationship between device usage and screen time for my math assignment (my last ever high school math assignment, yay!), but after creating the residual plot, I realised it ...
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Dataset with two unique trends?
I have a scatterplot displaying one data set that, at first glance, has a weak negative correlation. Upon further inspection, however, it appears that the data set shows two stronger linear trends ...
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What is MA-contour plots? [closed]
I recently read a paper describe their result with MA-contour plots, I did some searches, but most of the information I could get was about the results of ...
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Should You Specify a Curvilinear/Non-Linear Effect If You Suspect It is Spurious?
Consider the following (simplified) example of a project I am working on:
I assume that $X$ has a linear effect on $Y$. However, after plotting the relationship on a scatter plot, it looks like the ...
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Interpreting a basic scatter plot [duplicate]
I am trying to interpret this pretty basic scatter plot but am new to this so I don't want to get it wrong. Is it fair to say that there appears to be a moderate positive relationship between the two ...
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Plots for values that are discontinued
I have a series of data that express the change of a quantity over time.
However, one of its characteristics is that at some points of time, there is no data.
If I plot this value over time I have:
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Scatterplot relationship between dependent and independent variable for linear regression analysis
I am performing an univariate linear regression analysis. Before running the model I was always told to get an idea of the relationship between the independent and dependent variable through a ...
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How to Interpret scatter plot for binary response?
I have come to know about scatterplot matrices, where pairwise scatterplots for covariates are built and then binary responses are jittered. This plot is helpful to give an idea about how each ...
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Understanding the Difference Between Independent and Dependent Variables
I'm new to statistics and I'm struggling to grasp the distinction between an independent and a dependent variable. For instance, if I want to examine the correlation between daily COVID-related deaths ...
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I want to know how this graph is being created? [closed]
I found this plot in a paper. I have found similar plots in other papers from the same team. It is basically the comparison of MODIS C6 and C5 products with AERONET. I wanted to understand what that '...
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