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Statistical Computing and Graphic

Violin Plots: A Box Plot-Density Trace Synergism

Jerry L. Hintze NCSS, 329 North 1000 East, Kaysville, UT, 84037, USA
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Ray D. Nelson Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
Pages 181-184 | Received 01 Feb 1997, Published online: 22 Mar 2012
 
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Abstract

Many modifications build on Tukey's original box plot. A proposed further adaptation, the violin plot, pools the best statistical features of alternative graphical representations of batches of data. It adds the information available from local density estimates to the basic summary statistics inherent in box plots. This marriage of summary statistics and density shape into a single plot provides a useful tool for data analysis and exploration.

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