Complex scales with three or more dimensions often tell how each piece of data relates to the others in terms of each dimension. If we want to find clusters of related data, a graphic display showing simultaneous relationships is useful. This note suggests one way to graph data along several axes at once as a first step toward interpreting data clusters within complex scales.
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