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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

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Exercise instructions

  • Import matplotlib.pyplot using the alias plt.
  • 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
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