scatter diagram

scatter diagram definition - business

scatter diagram

A chart that displays two sets of data, one represented on the horizontal axis and the other on the vertical axis. Each observation is represented by a dot on the chart. Scatter diagrams are used to study possible relationships between two variables.

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