Improved Scatterplot Design

A proposed scatterplot design combines two other designs. One, proposed by Edward Tufte, uses the range-frame; the other, advised by William Cleveland, uses the four-scale-line rectangle. The hybrid design aims to present bivariate data with more information than classic scatterplots or Tufte´s and Cleveland´s designs. It works well for both single and multiple scatterplots, in the latter case offering efficient comparison of the datasets in the plots.