When graphing X and Y data such as stress vs strain which gr

When graphing X and Y data such as stress vs strain, which graph is most appropriate to visually represent the data set?

Line Plot

Scatter Plot

Bar Chart

Area Plot

Solution

Let us see first definitions of this four plots.

A line plot is a graph that shows frequency of data along a number line.
It is best to use a line plot when comparing fewer than 25 numbers.
It is a quick, simple way to organize data.

Scatter plots are similar to line graphs in that they use horizontal and vertical axes to plot data points.
However, they have a very specific purpose. Scatter plots show how much one variable is affected by another.

A bar chart or bar graph is a chart that presents grouped data with rectangular bars

with lengths proportional to the values that they represent. The bars can be plotted vertically or horizontally.

An area graph displays elements in Y as one or more curves and fills the area beneath each curve.

When Y is a matrix, the curves are stacked showing the relative contribution of each row element to the total height of the curve at each x interval.

When graphing X and Y data such as stress vs strain,the Line Plot is the most appropriate  to visually represent the data set.