Thursday, July 29, 2010

Population profile


A population profile is a chart showing the number of people as a function of their ages.



Scatterplot


A two dimensional graph representing a set of bi-variate data. For each element being graphed, there are two separate pieces of data.



Index value plot


An index member which is the ratio of the value of all items in a given period to the value of all items in the base period.





Lorenz curve


A Lorenz curve is a graph showing the proportion of the distribution assumed by the bottom y% of the values. The curve represents the cumulative distribution function of the empirical probability distribution of wealth.



Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Bilateral graph


Bilateral graphs are used to display data when there are both positive and negative values of choices.





Nominal area choropleth map


A nominal area choropleth map is a choropleth map that is used to display nominal data.



Unstandardized choropleth maps


Unstandardized choropleth maps are maps that are unordered. One category is not higher or lower than the other.