Dot Plot

Dot Plots have two primary use cases:

• A more effective alternative to a Bar Graph
• A distribution display similar to a Scatter Plot

Dot Plots are an effective alternative to Bar Graphs, particularly in cases where the data being analyzed contains many similar numeric values.

In comparison with the Bar Graph, Dot Plots do not use a zero baseline and are less cluttered. This makes it easier to add additional data variables to the visualization.

Figure 4-16. A sample horizontal bar graph showing revenues versus forecasts.

Figure 4-17. A dot plot of revenues versus forecasts.

Figure 4-18. A distribution dot plot.

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