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specialized family
dot-plot
Single dots placed along a value axis per category.
Category on one axis, value on the other, marked by dots only. More compact than bars; works well for many categories where you just need the value.
When to use
15+ categories where bars would feel cluttered.
When NOT to use
Reader expects to see magnitudes as length (use bar).
Rhetorical roles
- compare
- rank
Variants & related
Required primitives
- has_axis_titles
Optional primitives
- has_data_labels
Common anti-patterns
- missing-label
Disambiguation rules
- Single dot per category along a value axis. No bars.
- If a thin line/stem connects each dot to the axis, it is lollipop.
- If two dots per category joined by a line, it is dumbbell.