A dotplot is a graphical portrayal of an absolute or relative frequency distribution of continuous quantitative data in such a way that lower and upper limits of data classes are identified by tick marks on a horizontal axis, while the corresponding absolute or relative class frequencies are represented by the areas of contiguous rectangles that stand on top of each of these class intervals.

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A dotplot represents data by placing a dot for each data point along a number line or in simple categories, not by using rectangles to represent frequencies as described. The description given matches more closely with a histogram.

A Dotplot Is a Graphical Portrayal of an Absolute or Relative