Plot selection
Consider two other columns in the cars
dataset: city_mpg
and width
. Which is the most appropriate plot for displaying the important features of their distributions? Remember, both density plots and box plots display the central tendency and spread of the data, but the box plot is more robust to outliers.
Cet exercice fait partie du cours
Exploratory Data Analysis in R
Instructions
Use density plots or box plots to construct the following visualizations. For each variable, try both plots and submit the one that is better at capturing the important structure.
- Display the distribution of
city_mpg
. - Display the distribution of
width
.
Exercice interactif pratique
Essayez cet exercice en complétant cet exemple de code.
# Create plot of city_mpg
cars %>%
ggplot(___) +
___
# Create plot of width
cars %>%
ggplot(___) +
___