September 2018
Beginner to intermediate
140 pages
2h 52m
English
A line chart shows the relationship between two variables; it is similar to a scatter plot, but the points are connected by line segments. One difference between the usage of a scatter plot and a line chart is that, typically, it's more meaningful to use the line chart if the variable being plotted on the x-axis has a one-to-one relationship with the variable being plotted on the y-axis. A line chart should be used when you have enough data points, so that a smooth line is meaningful to see a functional dependence:

We could have also used a line chart for the previous plot. The advantage of using a line chart is that the discrete ...
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