变量的图表描述
分类变量
(Relative) Frequency Distribution
表格,左侧展示 classes/groups,右侧展示占比,relative frequency distribution:
Bar Chart
height of bars 表示 frequency 高低
Pie Chart
focus on proportion of frequency
Pareto Diagram
bar chart that displays the frequency of defect causes, to separate “vital few” from “trivial many”.
Pareto Rule
Cross Table
describe relationships between categorical or ordinal variables
Cluster (Component) Bar Chart
to picture the information in cross tables
数值变量
Frequency Distributions
- 先确定分类的数量
- 然后确定每一个类的步长(需要相同)
- inclusive and nonoverlapping: each observation must belong to one and only one class
(Relative) Cumulative Frequency Distributions
Histogram
Ogives
Scatter Plots 散点图
Shape of Distribution
对称分布
- 左右平衡
偏态分布 skewed
- 右偏(正偏) skewed-left
- 左偏(负偏) skewed-right