The scatter plot is the next most useful chart type in Spotfire. Other visualization tools may call them bubble charts or differentiate between scatter plots and bubble charts in some way. Well, in Spotfire, they are all called scatter plots!
A scatter plot is primarily used for visualizing multiple continuous variables together. In fact, you can visualize at least four dimensions of data with ease. However, there's still a responsibility on the author or designer of the plot to make good choices as to which dimensions to show. Let's explore the scatter plot further:
- Good for visualizing: Multiple dimensions of continuous and categorical data. Excellent for showing relationships and patterns in data.
- Don't use for: Very large amounts of randomly distributed data; you'll just get a mess.
- Pros: Ability to visualize several dimensions in the data...
