Jump to content

Manhattan plot

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Tim bates (talk | contribs) at 19:28, 16 July 2009 (started article on this common plot-type). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

A type of bar graph, usually used to display data with a large number of data-points - many of non-zero amplitude,and with a distribution of higher-magnitude values for instance genome-wide association studies.

It gains its name from the similarity of such a plot to the Manhattan skyline: A profile of skyscrapers, often in clusters, with lower space separating them.