<s>
A	O
dot	B-Application
chart	I-Application
or	O
dot	B-Application
plot	I-Application
is	O
a	O
statistical	O
chart	O
consisting	O
of	O
data	O
points	O
plotted	O
on	O
a	O
fairly	O
simple	O
scale	O
,	O
typically	O
using	O
filled	O
in	O
circles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
common	O
,	O
yet	O
very	O
different	O
,	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
dot	B-Application
chart	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
dot	B-Application
plot	I-Application
as	O
a	O
representation	O
of	O
a	O
distribution	O
consists	O
of	O
group	O
of	O
data	O
points	O
plotted	O
on	O
a	O
simple	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dot	B-Application
plots	I-Application
are	O
used	O
for	O
continuous	O
,	O
quantitative	O
,	O
univariate	B-General_Concept
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dot	B-Application
plots	I-Application
are	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
simplest	O
statistical	O
plots	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
suitable	O
for	O
small	O
to	O
moderate	O
sized	O
data	O
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
dealing	O
with	O
larger	O
data	O
sets	O
(	O
around	O
20	O
–	O
30	O
or	O
more	O
data	O
points	O
)	O
the	O
related	O
stemplot	B-Application
,	O
box	B-Application
plot	I-Application
or	O
histogram	B-Algorithm
may	O
be	O
more	O
efficient	O
,	O
as	O
dot	B-Application
plots	I-Application
may	O
become	O
too	O
cluttered	O
after	O
this	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dot	B-Application
plots	I-Application
may	O
be	O
distinguished	O
from	O
histograms	B-Algorithm
in	O
that	O
dots	O
are	O
not	O
spaced	O
uniformly	O
along	O
the	O
horizontal	O
axis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
algorithm	O
for	O
computing	O
a	O
dot	B-Application
plot	I-Application
is	O
closely	O
related	O
to	O
kernel	B-General_Concept
density	I-General_Concept
estimation	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Choice	O
of	O
dot	O
size	O
is	O
equivalent	O
to	O
choosing	O
the	O
bandwidth	O
for	O
a	O
kernel	B-General_Concept
density	I-General_Concept
estimate	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dot	B-Application
plot	I-Application
may	O
also	O
refer	O
to	O
plots	O
of	O
points	O
that	O
each	O
belong	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
(	O
vertical	O
)	O
bar	O
charts	O
and	O
pie	O
charts	O
,	O
Cleveland	O
argues	O
that	O
dot	B-Application
plots	I-Application
allow	O
more	O
accurate	O
interpretation	O
of	O
the	O
graph	O
by	O
readers	O
by	O
making	O
the	O
labels	O
easier	O
to	O
read	O
,	O
reducing	O
non-data	O
ink	O
(	O
or	O
graph	O
clutter	O
)	O
and	O
supporting	O
table	O
look-up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
Dot	B-Application
chart	I-Application
is	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
process	O
mapping	O
.	O
</s>
