JMP 10 Basic Analysis and Graphing, Second Edition

Chapter 15 

Creating Bubble Plots

Using the Bubble Plot Platform

A bubble plot is a scatter plot that represents its points as circles, or bubbles. Bubble plots can be dynamic (animated over time) or static (fixed bubbles that do not move). Use bubble plots to:

• dynamically animate bubbles using a time variable, to see patterns and movement across time

• use size and color to clearly distinguish between different variables

• aggregate data (rows) into a single bubble, simplifying the bubble plot

Because you can see up to five dimensions at once (x position, y position, size, color, and time), bubble plots can produce dramatic visualizations and readily show patterns and trends.

Note: Dynamic bubble plots were pioneered by Hans Rosling, Professor ...