Scatter plots

A scatter plot is a basic plotting device comparing datasets with two axes. A basic scatter plot is provided with the plot function built into the R system.

Note

Several objects available in R and packages have their own plot function in order to effectively portray the data associated.

The plot function looks as follows:

plot(x,
   y,
   type,
   main,
   sub,
   xlab,
   ylab,
   asp)

The various parameters of this function are described in the following table:

Parameter	Description
x	This is an independent variable.
y	This is a dependent variable.
type	This defines the type of plot. It should be one of the following types: p for points l for lines b for both c for the lines part alone of b o for both overplotted h for histogram-like (or high-density) vertical lines s for stair steps S for other steps, see details below n for no plotting (not sure why this is a choice as it ends up with no information plotted)
main	This is the title of the plot.
sub	This...