In this lesson, you will learn to make and interpret scatter plots by using Matplotlib. Scatter plots can highlight trends or correlations between two or more columns of a given data set.
###Objectives ### By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Understand how to use Matplotlib to make a scatter plot.
- Understand the difference between positive, negative, and null correlations.
- Understand how to graphically identify outliers.
- Understand how to overplot and label multiple columns on a single scatter plot.
Approximately 2 hours.
- IPython Notebook on Scatter Plots
- Wikipedia article on Scatter Plots
- Wikipedia entry on Anscombe's quartet
When you have completed and worked through the above readings, please take the Week 7 Lesson 3 Assessment.