Friday, December 12, 2008


This is a climograph which is a graph showing the temperature for a specific location over a period of time. This graph can be found at http://www2.volstate.edu/kbell/climographs.htm


This is a population profile which shows the age distribution of a population. This profile contrasts what the population profile should look like for Africa, and what it actually does due the loss of life to AIDS. It can be found at http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y8331e/y8331e05.htm 


This is a scatterplot which shows a trend in various data points. This graph in particular shows a correlation between fertility rates and voting trends in the 2004 presidential election. It can be found at http://www.rasmusen.org/x/2006/03/30/1113


This is an index value plot. It can be found at http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/filterdesign/ref/refex_adaptfilt_filtxlms.gif


This is a Lorenz curve depicting the distribution of wealth in the United States. It constrasts what the curve would like like if income were distributed equally with the actual distribution. This graph can be found at http://www.answers.com/topic/lorenz-curve


This is a bilateral graph which means that it depicts data on both sides of the zero value. This graph shows the annual savings rate of Americans and can be found at http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2006/06/james_altucher_.html


This is a bivariate , standardized choropleth map depicting nominal data. The map shows both how voters voted as a percentage of a counties population as well as whether the county is considered rural or urban. This map can be found at http://portfolio.kelsocartography.com/albums/protfolio.kelsocartography.com/2006-b/vaSenate.jpg