Learn How to Create or Make Excel Scatter Plots

In this blog, learn how to make a scatter plot in excel and you will able to make excel scatter plots at the end of the blog. Choosing the right type of chart or graph can be key to convey the most important insights into your data—on sight.

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A scatter diagram (also known as a scatter plot) is a graphical representation of the relationship between two variables. It helps us visualize the apparent relationship between two variables that are plotted in pairs

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When to Use a Scatter Diagram in Excel?

A scatter chart plots the values for two variables as a set of points on a graph.

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When we look at the raw data it is hard to find what’s going on, so we will use them to create a scatter chart.

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How to Make a Scatter Plot in Excel

To create or make Scatter Plots in Excel you have to follow below step by step process,

1. Select all the cells that contain data
2. Click on the Insert tab
3. Look for Charts group
4. Under Chart group, you will find Scatter (X, Y) Chart
5. Click the arrow to see the different types of scattering and bubble charts
6. You can pause the pointer on the icons to see the preview in your document
7. Click on Scatter Chart
   

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8. On Clicking, you will see the scatter chart.

   

9. You can quickly edit the chart by clicking the icons available on the right side of the chart

Using Trendlines In Scatter Charts in Excel

To display a trend line in our scatter chart:

1. Select the Chart
   The moment you select the chart, Design and Format tab appears
   
2. Go to Design
3. Look for “Add Chart Element”
4. Click on the drop-down and you will see various types of elements which you can add to a chart
5. Look for Trendline
6. Click on the drop-down of Trendline
   Various trend line options are available. You can hover the mouse over it to see a preview in the chart
7. I will click on the Linear option
   On Clicking, the trend line has appeared in the chart.
   This Trendline helps us understand the data better, but we can also add more useful information.
   It represents a linear equation and we can make that equation displayed on the chart, if we wish to.
   
   

   

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   With the chart selected,
8. Click on the trend button again
9. Go to Design
10. Click on “Add Chart element”
11. Now, Click on “Trendline”
12. Then, Click on “More trendline options”
13. Click on ‘More trend line options’, you will see ‘Format trendline” on the right side of your excel.
14. Scroll this down to see “Display equation on the chart”
15. Click on “Display equation on chart”
16. On Clicking, an equation is showed on the chart.

Conclusion: You must have learned how to create a scatter plot in excel, by given example.

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