R: Data Analysis and Visualization

Creating histograms and density plots

In this recipe, you will learn how to make histograms and density plots, which are useful to look at the distribution of values in a dataset.

How to do it...

The simplest way to demonstrate the use of a histogram is to show a normal distribution:

hist(rnorm(1000))

Another example of a histogram is one that shows a skewed distribution:

hist(islands)

How it works...

The hist() function is also a function of R's base graphics library. It takes only one compulsory argument, that is, the variable whose distribution of values ...