The following scatterplot utilizing d3 is based heavily on code generated by Mike Bostock and Michelle Weigle.
Plot only QBs from schools in the Big Five conferences. Color the marks by conference. - no restrictions
These colors were chosen because they were close to the primary colors.
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<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
body {
font: 10px sans-serif;
}
.axis path,
.axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.dot {
stroke: #000;
}
.tooltip {
position: absolute;
width: 200px;
height: 28px;
pointer-events: none;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 40},
width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var x = d3.scale.linear()
.range([0, width]);
var y = d3.scale.linear()
.range([height, 0]);
var color = d3.scale.ordinal()
.domain(["SEC", "ACC", "Big 12", "Pac-12", "Big Ten"])
.range(["#E41A1C", "#377EB8", "#4DAF4A", "#984EA3", "#FF7F00"]);
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(x)
.orient("bottom");
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(y)
.orient("left");
var tooltip = d3.select("body").append("div")
.attr("class", "tooltip")
.style("opacity", 0);
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
d3.tsv("data.tsv", function(error, data) {
if (error) throw error;
data.forEach(function(d) {
d.Passing = +d.Passing;
d.Rushing = +d.Rushing;
});
x.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.Rushing; })).nice();
y.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.Passing; })).nice();
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(xAxis)
.append("text")
.attr("class", "label")
.attr("x", width)
.attr("y", -6)
.style("text-anchor", "end")
.text("Rushing Yards (yds)");
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis)
.append("text")
.attr("class", "label")
.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
.attr("y", 6)
.attr("dy", ".71em")
.style("text-anchor", "end")
.text("Passing Yards (yds)")
svg.selectAll(".dot")
.data(data)
.enter().append("circle")
.attr("class", "dot")
.attr("r", 3.5)
.attr("cx", function(d) { return x(d.Rushing); })
.attr("cy", function(d) { return y(d.Passing); })
.style("fill", function(d) { return color(d.Conf); })
.on("mouseover", function(d) {
tooltip.transition()
.duration(200)
.style("opacity", .9);
tooltip.html(d["Player"])
.style("left", (x(d.Rushing) + 5) + "px")
.style("top", (y(d.Passing) - 15) + "px");
})
.on("mouseout", function(d) {
tooltip.transition()
.duration(500)
.style("opacity", 0);
});
var legend = svg.selectAll(".legend")
.data(color.domain())
.enter().append("g")
.attr("class", "legend")
.attr("transform", function(d, i) { return "translate(0," + i * 20 + ")"; });
legend.append("rect")
.attr("x", width - 18)
.attr("width", 18)
.attr("height", 18)
.style("fill", color);
legend.append("text")
.attr("x", width - 24)
.attr("y", 9)
.attr("dy", ".35em")
.style("text-anchor", "end")
.text(function(d) { return d; });
});
</script>
https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js