Cross tables and Scatter Plots

Cross tables and scatterplots are used to represent relations between more than one variables.

We use Cross tables for categorical variables and scatter plots for numerical variables.

Cross Tables

Type of investment \ InvestorInvestor AInvestor BInvestor CTotal
Stocks9618539320
Bonds181329213
Real Estate88152142382
Total365340210915

Visualizing cross table with a side-by-side bar chart:

This way, we can easily compare asset holding for a specific investor or among investors.

Scatter Plot

Scatter plot of SAT scores of students in reading and writing below.

Outliers are data points that go against the logic of the whole dataset.


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