Histograms for a general audience can be a challenge. I’m curious if building up the distributions over time can be helpful.
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Playing the Distributions, Hypothetical Outcome Plots, Getting Closer to Real Life
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Compact Ways to Visualize Distributions in R
For when you want to show or compare several distributions but don’t have a lot of space.
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How Histograms Work
The histogram is one of my favorite basic chart types, because it lets…
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Relationships: The First Time…
When Americans had sex, moved in with someone, and so on. Often not average. Far from normal.
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Deviations from the mean
As a way to bring context to the rarity of the 18-inning baseball…
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Distribution of letters in the English language
Some letters in the English language appear more often in the beginning of…
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How to Visualize and Compare Distributions in R
Single data points from a large dataset can make it more relatable, but those individual numbers don’t mean much without something to compare to. That’s where distributions come in.
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Plush statistical distribution pillows
For the statistical nerd in you or for the child you are raising…
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