Stem and Leaf Plot

http://www.basic-mathematics.com/stem-and-leaf-plot.html

A stem and leaf plot is an organized plot of data using stems and leaves of a number. Basically, as the example shows, the last digit in a number is the leaf. In the example it shows the number 145, in that number, 5 is the leaf, and 14 is the stem. These plots could also get a little more complicated and can use two data sets, portraying two different branches of leaves.

Box Plot

http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/stats/box2.html

A box plot or a box and whisker plot is a plot that conveniently depicts groups of numerical data through their quartiles. The lines that extend out of the box (whiskers), portray variability outside the upper and lower quartiles. The points outside of the whiskers are called outliers which are skews in the data.

Histogram

http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/histograms.html

Histograms are very similar to bar graphs, but instead of categories on the x axis and spaces between the bars, there are numbers on the x axis and no spaces between the bars. Histograms graphically display number ranges of data using bars of different heights. This example shows the number of girls/women who bought a certain skirt from a clothing store, and basically it just shows that the girls in the 16-20 year old group, bought the most of the certain type of skirt and the girls in the 1-5 year old group bought the least amount.

Parallel Coordinate Graph

https://onlinecourses.science.psu.edu/stat857/node/33

Parallel coordinate graphs or parallel coordinate plots are graphs/plots that use a set of parallel axes. The values recorded from each object are plotted as a point on each corresponding coordinate axis, and then the points are connected by a line, therefore meaning each object is represented by a line. These are commonly used to visualize high dimensional geometry and analyzing data with multiple variables.

Triangular Plot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flammability_diagram_methane.png

A triangular plot or ternary plot graphically depicts the ratios of the three variables as positions in an equilateral triangle. The proportions of these three variables must sum up to a constant for this to be able to be accurately represented. This example shows the flammability diagram for methane, when there is a certain amount of methane, nitrogen and oxygen in a certain area, the flammability of that mixture increases with different ratios of the three.

Windrose

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wind_rose_plot.jpg

A windrose is used to help meteorologists record and study how wind speed and direction are typically distributed at a specific location. Modern windroses show the frequency of winds blowing from certain directions over a 30 year period. This example is a windrose from LaGuardia airport in New York.  The longer the plot extends, the stronger the winds from that direction and the color changes as well. Blue means calm, and light green means really strong in this particular example.

Climograph

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CalcuttaMetric.png

A climograph presents the monthly temperature and precipitation measurement averages for a particular area. It is a very easy to read and understand graph that just shows the basic climatic events that occur in a certain area. This specific climograph shows the monthly temperature and precipitation averages for Calcutta. The precipitation is measured using the bars in green, and that is measured in millimeters and the temperature is portrayed using the red line, showing the averages in degrees celsius.