<s>
A	O
rug	B-Application
plot	I-Application
is	O
a	O
plot	B-Application
of	O
data	O
for	O
a	O
single	O
quantitative	O
variable	O
,	O
displayed	O
as	O
marks	O
along	O
an	O
axis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
it	O
is	O
analogous	O
to	O
a	O
histogram	B-Algorithm
with	O
zero-width	O
bins	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
one-dimensional	O
scatter	B-Application
plot	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rug	B-Application
plots	I-Application
are	O
often	O
used	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
two-dimensional	O
scatter	B-Application
plots	I-Application
by	O
placing	O
a	O
rug	B-Application
plot	I-Application
of	O
the	O
x	O
values	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
along	O
the	O
x-axis	O
,	O
and	O
similarly	O
for	O
the	O
y	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
origin	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
rug	B-Application
plot	I-Application
"	O
,	O
as	O
these	O
rug	B-Application
plots	I-Application
with	O
perpendicular	O
markers	O
look	O
like	O
tassels	O
along	O
the	O
edges	O
of	O
the	O
rectangular	O
"	O
rug	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
scatter	B-Application
plot	I-Application
.	O
</s>
