2.3.2: Dot Plots
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Learning Objectives
Dot plots can be used to display various types of information. Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\) uses a dot plot to display the number of M & M's of each color found in a bag of M & M's. Each dot represents a single M & M. From the figure, you can see that there were \(3\) blue M & M's, \(19\) brown M & M's, etc.
The dot plot in Figure \(\PageIndex{2}\) shows the number of people playing various card games on the Yahoo website on a Wednesday. Unlike Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\), the location rather than the number of dots represents the frequency.
The dot plot in Figure \(\PageIndex{3}\) shows the number of people playing on a Sunday and on a Wednesday. This graph makes it easy to compare the popularity of the games separately for the two days, but does not make it easy to compare the popularity of a given game on the two days.
The dot plot in Figure \(\PageIndex{4}\) makes it easy to compare the days of the week for specific games while still portraying differences among games.