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dpb
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Re: duplicate data points in scatterplot
Posted:
Nov 4, 2009 4:36 PM
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ruud verschaeren wrote:
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> I have a scatter plot with some duplicate data points. The standard
> code writes these on top of each other. In statistical programs they
> have ways of showing this is a double or triple data point. In matlab
> I haven't found these methods. Are there standard formulas or file
> exchange scripts that do this? I had a look but found nothing.
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> some examples: sunflowerplot and jitterplot:
> http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/spss/faq/jitter.htm
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> is there something around for Matlab?
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If file exchange didn't uncover it, perhaps not.
Doesn't look like the jitter solution would be too difficult to
implement, however. Add a percentage factor onto each data point
coordinate for each duplicate entry--of course it ends up w/ the
question in general of "what's a duplicate?" in floating point
comparisons possibly as well as just how many duplicate points do you
really want to be able actually discern?
Another solution I've seen (altho I don't have a handy example to link
to) uses a circle or other figure and adjust its size so the area (or
diameter) is proportional to the number of points.
Yet another would be to annotate the locations w/ the number of points
textually.
But, to answer the original question, "I don't know"... :)
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