The scatterplot is designed to display the relationship between two variables. The variables are represented by the X-axis and Y-axis.  The observed values on the two varibles are represented by points in the scatterplot. Each point  represents the values for (usually) one observation on two variables. The value can be approximately determined by seeing what value the point is above on the X-axis, and to the right of on the Y-axis.

Two normally distributed variables will have a scatterplot which has the greatest density in the middle, is roughly eliptical in shape, and has no obvious outliers.

