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  2. Plot (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    The term plot can also serve as a verb, as part of the craft of writing, referring to the writer devising and ordering story events. (A related meaning is a character's planning of future actions in the story.) The term plot, however, in common usage (e.g., a "film plot") more often refers to a narrative summary, or story synopsis.

  3. Story structure - Wikipedia

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    Story structure or narrative structure is the recognizable or comprehensible way in which a narrative's different elements are unified, including in a particularly chosen order and sometimes specifically referring to the ordering of the plot: the narrative series of events, though this can vary based on culture.

  4. Ramachandran plot - Wikipedia

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    In biochemistry, a Ramachandran plot (also known as a Rama plot, a Ramachandran diagram or a [φ,ψ] plot), originally developed in 1963 by G. N. Ramachandran, C. Ramakrishnan, and V. Sasisekharan, [1] is a way to visualize energetically allowed regions for backbone dihedral angles ( also called as torsional angles , phi and psi angles ) ψ ...

  5. Category:Statistical charts and diagrams - Wikipedia

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    Scatter plot; Scatterplot smoothing; Scott's rule; Scree plot; Seasonal subseries plot; Self-similarity matrix; Semi-log plot; Sequence logo; Shewhart individuals control chart; Sina plot; Smoothing; Spaghetti plot; Spatial distribution; Stem-and-leaf display; Streamgraph; Sturges's rule

  6. Logarithmic scale - Wikipedia

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    Semi-log plot of the Internet host count over time shown on a logarithmic scale. A logarithmic scale (or log scale) is a method used to display numerical data that spans a broad range of values, especially when there are significant differences between the magnitudes of the numbers involved.

  7. Plot (graphics) - Wikipedia

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    A funnel plot is a scatterplot of treatment effect against a measure of study size. It is used primarily as a visual aid to detecting bias or systematic heterogeneity. Dot plot (statistics) : A dot chart or dot plot is a statistical chart consisting of group of data points plotted on a

  8. List of story structures - Wikipedia

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    The reversal occurs at the bottom of the U and moves the plot upward to a new stable condition marked by prosperity, success, or happiness. At the top of the U, equilibrium is restored. A classic example of a U-shaped plot in the Bible is the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11–24. The parable opens at the top of the U with a stable ...

  9. Sigmoid function - Wikipedia

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    Many natural processes, such as those of complex system learning curves, exhibit a progression from small beginnings that accelerates and approaches a climax over time. When a specific mathematical model is lacking, a sigmoid function is often used. [6]