Comparing spatially-related distributions
Visualization Best Practices in R
Nick Strayer
Instructor
What are 'spatially connected axes'?
- There is an underlying ordering of the classes.
- E.g. months of the year: Jan < Feb < Mar < ...
The ridgeline plot
library(ggridges) # Gives us geom_density_ridges()
ggplot(md_speeding, aes(x = speed_over, y = month)) +
geom_density_ridges(bandwidth = 2) +
xlim(1, 35)
Ridgeline pros
Ridgeline cons
