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THE DOT PLOT: A GRAPHICAL DISPLAY FOR LABELED QUANTITATIVE ...

The dot plot is an extremely useful tool for obtaining pictorial representations of quan-titative information.1 This display method is very flexible and potentially ...

Figure 13: Dot Plot of Prestige Scores for 15 Occupations, with Reference Lines
Proportional to Data Values.

Physician q
Professor q
Civil Engineer q
Accountant q
q
Author
Machinist q
Store Manager
RR Conductor q
Mail Carrier q
Carpenter q
q
Barber
Cook q
q
Taxi Driver q
Gas Station Attendant q
q
Janitor

20 40 60 80

Prestige score for occupation

Data Source: Duncan (1961).

Figure 14: Dot Plot of 1992 State Policy Priority Scores, by Region (Alternate Version).

West: q
WY
ID q
q
MT q
AK q
NV q
q
UT q
NM q
q
CO q
WA q
AZ q

OR q
HA
CA q
q
South: q
DE q
WV q
q
NC q
OK q
AR q
q
VA q
KY q
MS q
q
FL
TX q
AL q
q
SC q
GA q
q
LA q
TN q
Midwest: q
q
ND q
KS q
IA
q
SD
NE q
IN q
q
MN
MO q
WI q
q
OH
IL q
MI q
q
Northeast:
VT
NJ

MD
ME

RI
PA
CT

NY
NH
MA

0.50 0.51 0.52 0.53 0.54

State policy priority scores, 1992

Data Source: Jacoby and Schneider (2001).


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