Saturday, August 2, 2008

Parallel Coordinate System

This graph shows baseball statistics. In the parallel coordinates plot, each dimension (variable) corresponds to an axis, and the N axes are organized as uniformly spaced vertical lines. A data element in N-dimensional space manifests itself as a connected set of points, one on each axis. Points lying on a common line or plane create readily perceived structures in the image.To view an entire dimensional data set, one simply plots all observations on the same graph. For large data sets, the appearance of such a plot appears confusing, but can be used to highlight outliers.

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