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Heuristic Method for Label Placement in Scatterplots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Elliot Noma
Elliot Noma*
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Statistical Modeling Associates
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Abstract

Kuhfeld (1986) has proposed several alternative scatterplot routines with labeled points. To this list is added a heuristic routine that repositions labels to eliminate overlap while attempting to maximize the number of labels presented in a metric plot.

Keywords

heuristic plotmetric plot
Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , September 1987 , pp. 463 - 468
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

I would like to thank the reviewer of a previous version of this paper for several excellent suggestions for future modifications of both the label positioning routine and the overall plotting package.

References

Kuhfeld, W. F. (1986). Metric and nonmetric plotting models. Psychometrika, 51, 155–161.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
SAS Institute (1985). SAS user's guide: Statistics, version 5 edition, Cary, NC: Author.Google Scholar