Exercise

Boxplots as discretized/conditioned scatterplots

If it is helpful, you can think of boxplots as scatterplots for which the variable on the x-axis has been discretized.

The cut() function takes two arguments: the continuous variable you want to discretize and the number of breaks that you want to make in that continuous variable in order to discretize it.

Instructions

100 XP

Using the ncbirths dataset again, make a boxplot illustrating how the birth weight of these babies varies according to the number of weeks of gestation. This time, use the cut() function to discretize the x-variable into six intervals (i.e. five breaks).

Take Hint (-30 XP)