Reordering data
To increase the visual impact of the mosaic plot you can reorder the rows and columns to make the pattern more coherent. It is useful to re-order the categories so that the deviations from independence have opposite-corner pattern, with positive values running from bottom-left to top-right corners and negative values along the opposite diagonal.
- On the Analyse-it ribbon tab, in the Report group, click Goto Dataset.
- On the Analyse-it ribbon tab, in the Dataset group, click Dataset.
- In the Variables list box. select Hair.
- Clear Sort categories.
- In the Categories list, click and drag the categories to re-order them into the order: Black, Brown, Red, Blond.
- In the Variables list box, select Eye.
- Clear Sort categories.
- In the Categories list, click and drag the categories to re-order them into the order: Blue, Green, Hazel, Brown.
- Click Apply.
- Activate the report worksheet.
- On the Analyse-it ribbon tab, in the Report group, click Recalculate.
The over-representation of Black/Brown and Blond/Blue is now much more apparent, together with the under-representation of Blond/Brown and people with Black hair and Blue eyes. Although the table was reordered based on the residuals you can see that both dimensions are ordered from dark to light, suggesting an explanation for the association.
