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:

Multiple Linked Views