Friday, April 23, 2010

Star Plot


A star plot is a graphical data analysis method used for examining the relative behavior of all variables in a multivariate data set. This star plot above is of crime rates in the United States. As you can see from this data set Hartford is the smallest crime rate and Los Angeles is the largest.

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