Plots

InspireData^® supports multiple plot types to help students explore and understand data. As students visualize data as it moves through the various plot types, they formulate questions and discover meaning from the visual representation.

With InspireData, students create multiple plot types.

Venn Plots

Bar Charts

Stack Plots

Pie Plots

Axis Plots

Animated Time Series

Venn Plots
A Venn plot is a powerful way to describe and compare attributes by separating objects into groups based on their characteristics. Venn plots show relationships between mathematical sets or can be used to identify the commonalities and differences between things, people, places, historical events, ideas or physical attributes. With InspireData, you can create Venn plots with up to three loops.

Bar Charts
Any stack plot can be changed to a bar chart in one click. Bar charts are ideal for analyzing distributions and measures of central tendancy (mean, median and mode).

About Stack Plots
A stack plot displays the distribution of values within one field of a database. Stack plots are used to represent a range of data for one variable. Frequently referred to as "sorting bins," you can sort or group data by the selected variable into one of the bins. The height of the stack is proportional to the number in the bin. Stack plots are ideal for comparison activities.

Students can divide the data into categories by selecting from InspireData's multiple stack plot types. By representing an additional variable on the Y axis, students can easily see the differences between the individual groups.

About Pie Plots
A pie plot shows the distribution of values within one field of a database. The sizes of the pie's slices are proportional to the percentage of records in each category. Pie plots are used to graphically represent the distribution of the entire set of data. Patterns can be easily identified, as well as the values that have the largest or smallest representations. Pie plots can be used to illustrate percentages of a whole or to numerically represent a category of facts.

Students can separate data into two or more pie plots based on distinct characteristics. Viewing the individual pie plots allows students to easily compare the relationships for the unique groups and the whole.

About Axis Plots
An axis plot—also known as a scatter plot—is an ideal way to investigate correlations. By choosing different variables for the X and Y axes, students can use the resulting plots to examine relationships between the variables. Display line of best fit and line graphs in axis plots to connect data points or to clarify data relationships and investigate trends. Color-coding the icons also reveals that the fastest coasters have steel tracks.
 

Animated Time Series
InspireData's unique Time Series animation lets students observe data as it changes over time. As students compare changes over time, patterns and trends emerge, making it easy to analyze historical facts and predict future events. Most commonly represented as a line graph, a Time Series can be displayed with any plot type to show events or results that occur over time.

Other visual learning techniques:
Webs
Idea Maps
Concept Maps