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Interpreting pair plots

To get a quick overview of a dataset, it's really helpful to draw a plot of the distribution of each variable, and the relationship between each pair of variables. A pair plot displays all these plots together in a matrix of panels. It shows a lot of information at once, so to interpret it, try looking at one panel at a time.

Here you can see the Panamanian camera trap data for the agouti and paca, as well as three new species: coati, brocket, and peccary.

A pair plot of activity for five animals: agouti, brocket, coati, paca, and peccary. The three variables are species, time, and speed.

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Understanding Data Visualization

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