Star plot

Star plots represent multiple sets of data and their mathematical relationship to one another. It allows one to easily see a wide range of variables.

Similarity Matrix

A similarity matrix shows the similarity between two different sets of data. Where different colors are assigned to different "similarity" numbers which are relative to the graph. Here the graph ranges from zero to one, the interesection of two lines represents the similarity between those two points.

Histogram

A histogram is essentially a bar chart that shows different tabular frequences. For example this map shows different score categories (split into five categories) and the percent of students that scored in that range

Parallel coordinate graph

A parallel coordinate graph is used to graph multiple variables in one chart. Each variable is plotted on its own Y axis and then lines are drawn between them to show densities of correlations.

Triangular Plot

A triangular plot, though somewhat confusing, can be a very useful tool. It plots the relationships between three different variables, the points of which represent their valued intersection between the three different axies. Here we have a soil texture plot plotting the % of three different compounts within a given sample

Windrose

A Windrose is a very interesting circular map that graphs wind direction over a set period of time. It shows the % of the time the wind blew in a given direction over this pre-determined period.

Climograph

A climograph gives the relationship between temperature and precipitation over a given area.