15.071 | Spring 2017 | Graduate

The Analytics Edge

7.3 The Analytical Policeman: Visualization for Law and Order

7.3 The Analytical Policeman: Visualization for Law and Order

Quick Question

For which of the following situations would a heat map be an appropriate visualization choice? Select all that apply.

Explanation A heatmap would be useful for the middle two options, because they are trying to visualize crime counts relative to two variables. For the first option, you could use a basic scatterplot with time on the x-axis and amount of crime on the y-axis. For the last option, you could use a bar plot with a bar for each month and the height being the average amount of crime in that month.

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