2022 Introduction to Statistics in Research Mitchell 2nd ed

I N T R O T O R E S E A R C H : D A T A V I S U A L I Z A T I O N & C O M M O N S T A T T E S T S

Table 103: Anscombe’s Four Dataset Scatter plots

In Dataset 1 , we see a set of points that appear to follow a roughly linear relationship with some variance.

In Dataset 2 , we see a clear curve, no linear relationship (perhaps quadratic).

In Dataset 3 , you see a tight linear relationship with one outlier.

In Dataset 4 , “x” appears to remain constant with one outlier. This one exercise supports the importance of visualization.

Now let's look at how to actually construct a scatter plot graph in Excel and SPSS.

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