Distributions

Readings

• Chapter 7: Visualizing distributions of Fundamentals of Data Visualization
• Section 4.6: Histograms and density plots of Data Visualization

Optional readings

• Vox: How South Koreans got so much taller
• Section 1.4: Visualizing distributions of R for Data Science (2e)
• Chapter 9: Visualizing many distributions of Fundamentals of Data Visualization

Guiding questions

• Why is it important to visualize all the variation in a variable?
• What are some geometries that can be used to visualize distributions?

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