Density plot





Welcome in the density plot section of the gallery. If you want to know more about this kind of chart, visit data-to-viz.com. If you're looking for a simple way to implement it in R, pick an example below.

Using the ggplot2 library

A density plot shows the distribution of a numeric variable. In ggplot2, the geom_density() function takes care of the kernel density estimation and plot the results. A common task in dataviz is to compare the distribution of several groups. The graph #135 provides a few guidelines on how to do so.

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