The chart displays values at the intersection of an x and y axis, combined into single data points. Typically, the independent variable is on the x-axis, and the dependent variable on the y-axis. In a scatter graph, both horizontal and vertical axes are value axes that plot numeric data. Do you want to see how the two sets are related to each other? The scatter plot is the ideal graph choice for this.
When looking at two columns of quantitative data in your Excel spreadsheet, what do you see? Just two sets of numbers. In this tutorial, you will learn how to do a scatter plot in Excel to create a graphical representation of two correlated data sets.
