histogram

http://www.aivosto.com/project/help/pm-histogram.gif

These show frequence on a specific topic by labeling what and how much. And then using lines and colors to distinguish.

box plot

http://math.youngzones.org/boxplot.gif

these maps show the range of the data. You can see this by the extension of the box.

stem and leaf plot

This map is used to show different numerical data.

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/moac/degrees/modules/ch923/r_introduction/histograms_etc/santa_histogram.png

similarity matrix

These types of maps show how similar things are. The levels of similarity are show by boxes and colors. Red-the most, Blue-the least.

http://cgi.mtc.sri.com/Cluster-Lab/01.jpg

Coorelation matrix

These maps compare how well two things correlate. http://www.image.ucar.edu/GSP/Projects/JunIPCCModelBiasCorrelations.jpg

Star Plot

Star plots allow you to compare different types of data for various experiments or designs. This shows a lot in the by using masses.

www.spider.ipac.caltech.edu

Mental Map

This map shows areas that zone into places that you have to go into your visable past to recall.

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~smatei/MentalMaps/images/brasovmentalsummary.jpg