star plot

A star plot or a radar plot is used to show three or more data variables about a radius of a two dimensional form. These plots show automobiles price, style, model etc. They can be helpful when determining certain areas of interest.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Star_plot.gif

Correlation matrix

Correlation matrices show correlations not unlike that of a similarities matrix but only show correlated data sets. This can be more helpful when it comes to discerning which sets of data are more closely related. This graph shows correlations among phage T7 proteins which help in stabilizing mRNA's.
http://yin.che.wisc.edu/images/ProteinMatrix.jpg

Similarity matrix

A Similarity matrix is a matrix which shows correlations between among sets of data. They organize a complex set of information so that the reader may interpret it easily. This data compares different types of organisms where red shows highly correlated similarities while green show high differences.
http://tomcat.esat.kuleuven.be/txtgate/images/distmat.png

Stem and leaf plot

Stem and leaf plots are the first plots we learn. They show numerical values in graphical presentations to help show form and evenness. This plot shows infant mortality rates in western Africa. Each numerical association is related to a per 1000 live births.
http://mainland.cctt.org/mathsummer/JosephBond/StemAndPlots/images/table2.gif

Box Plot

A box plot shows data similarly to a histogram but has boxes between the data to show variation. This plot shows the energy and output between four different machines and their variations. machine four has the least variable and therefore would most likely be deemed the best for the job.
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/gif/boxplot0.gif

Histogram

A Histogram is basically a bar graph. Numerous sets of data are represented along two axis' and are colored in regarding there ratios. This histogram shows the overall distribution means of the scores made on a final exam. The large bar in the middle indicates that most student made between a 60 and an 80.
http://media.techtarget.com/digitalguide/images/Misc/iw_histogram.gif

Parallel coordinate graph

Parallel coordinate graphs show an overview of an extremely large portion of data. They plot all the data which is all connected. This graph shows drosophila fly gene expression.All the genes and cell ratio's are represented and are shown to have connectivity throughout the graph.
http://www-vis.lbl.gov/Events/SC07/Drosophila/3DParallelCoordinates.png