A scatter plot is a plot that shows the relationship between a dependent and independent variable on a Cartesian coordinate. This type of plot is used commonly in experimental data collection with many trials. After all the data has been collected, a scatter plot can be formed. A line of best fit is then drawn to help determine the correlation and factors such as acceleration of a certain object. The example scatter plot comes from my biochemistry lab. The experiment was on enzyme kinetics. A scatter plot was used to display the relationship between substrate concentration verses the initial velocity. A line of best fit was determined. The numbers from the best fit line were used to calculate the maximum rate of the catalyzed reaction and the KM.
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