How to Create a Dot Strip Plot

Dot strip plots are a space-efficient method of laying out ranks across multiple categories. They are useful for showing the distribution of small data sets. For larger data sets, a histogram would be a more effective visualization.

In a dot strip plot, the dots placed in order on a strip and typically include a reference line for either the median or the average. My default is to use median reference lines as these are better for reducing the impact of outliers. 

In this example, I show you how to:

Download the sample data used in the tutorial here.