Scatter Plot Properties – Appearance


Option

Description

Transparency

Drag the slider to change the transparency of the markers. This can be useful for instance when you want to see where markers are placed on top of each other, or if you want to be able to see lines or curves placed in the background more clearly through the markers.

The Transparency setting is one method to visualize the density of the markers. Another method is using density plots.

Jittering

Jittering is an option that displaces the visualization items randomly in the display window, thereby making overlapping markers visible.

   X

Specifies the amount of jittering to use in the horizontal direction.

   Y

Specifies the amount of jittering to use in the vertical direction.

   Use the same amount of jittering for both X and Y

Select this check box to connect the jittering sliders in both directions to each other.

Use separate color for marked items

Select this check box to use the specified marking color to distinguish marked items in this visualization. If the check box is cleared, then unmarked items will be faded out instead, and the original color  will be kept for the marked items. See Marking in Visualizations for more information.

See also:

Scatter Plot Properties

How to Use the Scatter Plot

What is a Scatter Plot?