Violin plot
Mirrored density curves show the shape of each group.
Support reply times
Gaussian density estimate with reflection at zero. Smoothing changes the estimate, not the observations.
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When it fits
Inspect groups whose distributions may have several peaks.
What you need
A meaningful number of observations in each group.
Watch for
The silhouette depends on smoothing and can look more certain than the data.
In practice
Sources and accessibility
The authored example uses illustrative data. Published references retain their original information and presentation.
- Claus O. Wilke · Boxplots and violins
- Vega contributors · Body mass by penguin species
- W3C WAI · Accessible descriptions for complex images
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