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Essential Statistics for Non-STEM Data Analysts
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Essential Statistics for Non-STEM Data Analysts

by Rongpeng Li
November 2020
Beginner
392 pages
8h 16m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 3: Visualization with Statistical Graphs

A picture is worth a thousand words. Humans rely on visual input for more than 90% of all information obtained. A statistical graph can demonstrate trends, explain reasons, or predict futures much better than words if done right.

Python data ecosystems come with a lot of great tools for visualization. The three most important ones are Matplotlib, seaborn, and plotly. The first two are mainly for static plotting, while plotly is capable of interactive plotting and is gaining in popularity gradually.

In this chapter, you will focus on static plotting, which is the backbone of data visualization. We have already extensively used some plots in previous chapters to illustrate concepts.

In this chapter, ...

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