I can't seem to get Excel to do what seems a very straightforward chart: a
scatterplot. I've got three continuous variables: A, B, C. Ideally, what I
'd like to do is to construct a plot with two of the variables on the X and
Y axes and to encode the symbol based on the value of the third. Barring
that, I'd just like to construct three separate scatterplots: Var A by Var
B, Var A by Var C, Var B by Var C.

Shouldn't this be reasonably simple to do in a program like Excel?

Thanks in advance,
David

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 08:26:51 -0800, David Schwartz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I can't seem to get Excel to do what seems a very straightforward chart:
> a
> scatterplot. I've got three continuous variables: A, B, C. Ideally, what
> I
> 'd like to do is to construct a plot with two of the variables on the X
> and
> Y axes and to encode the symbol based on the value of the third. Barring
> that, I'd just like to construct three separate scatterplots: Var A by
> Var
> B, Var A by Var C, Var B by Var C.
>
> Shouldn't this be reasonably simple to do in a program like Excel?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> David

See response in .charting newsgroup. Multiposting (posting to several
newsgroups with the same question, but in separate posts) is bad. If your
question gets answered in one forum, other respondents waste their time in
answering the same question. Thanks for your consideration.

--
Dave
dvt at psu dot edu

Sorry about that; won't happen again!!
"dvt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message newsprx4hgiznqi5lh2@localhost...
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 08:26:51 -0800, David Schwartz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I can't seem to get Excel to do what seems a very straightforward chart:
> a
> scatterplot. I've got three continuous variables: A, B, C. Ideally, what
> I
> 'd like to do is to construct a plot with two of the variables on the X
> and
> Y axes and to encode the symbol based on the value of the third. Barring
> that, I'd just like to construct three separate scatterplots: Var A by
> Var
> B, Var A by Var C, Var B by Var C.
>
> Shouldn't this be reasonably simple to do in a program like Excel?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> David

See response in .charting newsgroup. Multiposting (posting to several
newsgroups with the same question, but in separate posts) is bad. If your
question gets answered in one forum, other respondents waste their time in
answering the same question. Thanks for your consideration.

--
Dave
dvt at psu dot edu