Good Plot Symbols by Default
Heman Robinson · Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics · 2019
Scatterplots require different symbols for different purposes. For presentation, aesthetically pleasing symbols are popular. For analysis, highly discriminable symbols aid pattern detection. This study identifies a default symbol set suitable for both presentation and analysis. This is achieved by using popular symbols with preattentive differences. Supplemental materials for this article are available online.