Plotting the hourly arrest rate
In this exercise, you'll create a line plot from the hourly_arrest_rate
object. A line plot is appropriate in this case because you're showing how a quantity changes over time.
This plot should help you to spot some trends that may not have been obvious when examining the raw numbers!
This exercise is part of the course
Analyzing Police Activity with pandas
Exercise instructions
- Import
matplotlib.pyplot
using the aliasplt
. - Create a line plot of
hourly_arrest_rate
using the.plot()
method. - Label the x-axis as
'Hour'
, label the y-axis as'Arrest Rate'
, and title the plot'Arrest Rate by Time of Day'
. - Display the plot using the
.show()
function.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# Create a line plot of 'hourly_arrest_rate'
# Add the xlabel, ylabel, and title
plt.xlabel(____)
plt.ylabel(____)
plt.title(____)
# Display the plot