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Scatter Diagram
What is it?
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A graph showing the pairs of plotted values
of two factors, one that is believed to be independent and
the other dependent.
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When is it used?
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- Do you want to test whether the performance of one factor is
related to the performance of another?
- Are the two (2) factors:
- A quality characteristic (system performance measure) and a
factor you suspect affects it, or
- two (2) related quality characteristics (system performance
measure), or
- two (2) factors suspected of relating to the same quality
characteristics (system or performance measure
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How is it made?
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- Draw and label the horizontal and vertical axes.
- Scale each axes.
- Plot the points.
- Interpret the scatter diagram.
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