Tag: binning

Example 2014.10: Panel by a continuous variable

In Example 8.40, side-by-side histograms, we showed how to generate histograms for some continuous variable, for each level of a categorical variable in a data set. An anonymous reader asked how we would do this if both the variables were continuous. …

Example 9.1: Scatterplots with binning for large datasets

Scatterplots can get very hard to interpret when displaying large datasets, as points inevitably overplot and can’t be individually discerned. A number of approaches have been crafted to help with this problem. One approach uses binning. This approa…

Example 9.1: Scatterplots with binning for large datasets

Scatterplots can get very hard to interpret when displaying large datasets, as points inevitably overplot and can’t be individually discerned. A number of approaches have been crafted to help with this problem. One approach uses binning. This approa…

Example 9.1: Scatterplots with binning for large datasets

Scatterplots can get very hard to interpret when displaying large datasets, as points inevitably overplot and can’t be individually discerned. A number of approaches have been crafted to help with this problem. One approach uses binning. This approa…