Sunday, April 24, 2011

Bilateral Graph


source: http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/08-us-pres-ge-mvo.php?nr=1

Bilateral graphs show two trends, laterally, on a graph that are usually opposing in direction so that over-time, fluctuations in one directly correlate with an opposite but equal fulctuation in the other. For example, the graph above shows the Presidential race
between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama. Polling data was collected from 2007 thru the election and as you can see, where McCain began to surge is correlated with where Obama dipped and vis-versa.

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