Scatterplot
This chart shows the inverse relationship between engine power (y-axis) and fuel efficiency (x-axis) in 32 cars from the 1970s.
const height = 600;
const marginTop = 25;
const marginRight = 20;
const marginBottom = 35;
const marginLeft = 40;
const x = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain(d3.extent(data, (d) => d.Miles_per_Gallon)).nice()
.range([marginLeft, width - marginRight]);
const y = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain(d3.extent(data, (d) => d.Horsepower)).nice()
.range([height - marginBottom, marginTop]);
const svg = d3.create("svg")
.attr("viewBox", [0, 0, width, height]);
svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", `translate(0,${height - marginBottom})`)
.call(d3.axisBottom(x).ticks(width / 80))
.call((g) => g.select(".domain").remove())
.call((g) => g.append("text")
.attr("x", width)
.attr("y", marginBottom - 4)
.attr("fill", "currentColor")
.attr("text-anchor", "end")
.text("Miles per gallon →"));
svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", `translate(${marginLeft},0)`)
.call(d3.axisLeft(y))
.call((g) => g.select(".domain").remove())
.call((g) => g.append("text")
.attr("x", -marginLeft)
.attr("y", 10)
.attr("fill", "currentColor")
.attr("text-anchor", "start")
.text("↑ Horsepower"));
svg.append("g")
.attr("stroke", "currentColor")
.attr("stroke-opacity", 0.1)
.call((g) => g.append("g")
.selectAll("line")
.data(x.ticks())
.join("line")
.attr("x1", (d) => 0.5 + x(d))
.attr("x2", (d) => 0.5 + x(d))
.attr("y1", marginTop)
.attr("y2", height - marginBottom))
.call((g) => g.append("g")
.selectAll("line")
.data(y.ticks())
.join("line")
.attr("y1", (d) => 0.5 + y(d))
.attr("y2", (d) => 0.5 + y(d))
.attr("x1", marginLeft)
.attr("x2", width - marginRight));
svg.append("g")
.attr("stroke", "steelblue")
.attr("stroke-width", 1.5)
.attr("fill", "none")
.selectAll("circle")
.data(data.filter((d) => d.Miles_per_Gallon && d.Horsepower))
.join("circle")
.attr("cx", (d) => x(d.Miles_per_Gallon))
.attr("cy", (d) => y(d.Horsepower))
.attr("r", 3);
svg.append("g")
.attr("font-family", "sans-serif")
.attr("font-size", 10)
.selectAll("text")
.data(d3.sort(data, (d) => d.Miles_per_Gallon * d.Horsepower).slice(-30))
.join("text")
.attr("dy", "0.35em")
.attr("x", (d) => x(d.Miles_per_Gallon) + 7)
.attr("y", (d) => y(d.Horsepower))
.text((d) => d.Name);
display(svg.node());
const data = FileAttachment("data/cars.csv").csv({typed: true}).then(display);