written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-09-27 | tags: data visualization data science
The same data, different visualizations.
Here's the box plot version:
And here's the violin plot version.
Which is more appropriate, and why?
I think the Box Plot is more suited for clearly delineating ranges: (min, max), (IQR), and medians, whereas the Violin Plot is more suited for visualizing the distribution of data, including the possibility of bi-/multi-modality.
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