#30DayChartChallenge - Day 9: Distributions | Statistics

data-visualisation
storytelling
Using the wonderful 📦{dinosauRus} and a combination of https://www.twitter.com/thomasp85’s {gganimate} * {ggfx} and {ggside} to illustrate that statistical summaries sometimes miss the bigger picture.
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Cara Thompson

Building Stories with Data

Published

April 9, 2021

Scatter plot titled 'Beware: Hidden Dino!' reveals dinosaur shape with yellow dots on a black background. Marginal histograms in red. Highlights statistical values: mean, standard deviation, and correlation. Emphasises the importance of visualising data.

I found {ggside} easier to work with than {ggExtra} in terms of themes and layout, but the combination with {gganimate}’s default output dimensions led to a bit of trial and error.

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For attribution, please cite this work as:
Thompson, Cara. 2021. “#30DayChartChallenge - Day 9: Distributions | Statistics.” April 9, 2021. https://www.cararthompson.com/posts/2021-04-09-x30day-chart-challenge-day-9-distributions/.