A dot plot is similar to a histogram in that it displays the number of data points that fall into each category or value on the axis, thus showing the distribution of a set of data.

The Fed’s dot plot is a chart that records each Fed official’s projection for the central bank’s key short-term interest rate ...

You can augment a chart for individual measurements with one of several graphical displays, such as a histogram or a box-and-whisker plot. These displays summarize the measurements plotted on the ...