Column: Back to Basics: Is There a Relationship Here?
Column: Back to Basics: Is There a Relationship Here?
A scatter diagram can help you determine if there's a correlation between two variables
- Publication:
- Quality Progress
- Date:
- July 2002
- Issue:
- Volume 35 Issue 7
- Pages:
- pp. 120
- Author(s):
- ASQ's Quality Management Division
Abstract
A scatter diagram is a chart in which one variable is plotted against another to determine whether there is a correlation between the two. These diagrams are used to plot the distribution of information in two dimensions and are useful in rapidly screening for a relationship between two variables.