InfoVis Chapter 2 - Multivariate Data
For a Multivariate Dataset it is important to do some Data Preparation which includes:
One row in a table is called Observation.
Visualization techniques for Multivariate Data
See → Data Visualization
The Parallel Coordinate Plot can be used to plot both numerical and Categorical Data at the same time which can be quite handy when plotting a Multivariate Dataset.
A generalization of the Scatter Plot is the Scatter Plot Matrix which is being used to find Correlation between numerical attributes.
The Parallel Sets Plot is a technique to visualize multivariate Categorical Data by color and proportion. Similar to Histogram.
Examples of Icon Based Visualization are: