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Graphs

36 chart types — distributions, bivariate, multivariate, diagnostics.

Distribution

Histogram

What it is. Distribution of a numeric variable across bins.

Density

What it is. Smoothed density curve (KDE).

Q-Q Plot

What it is. Sample quantiles vs theoretical (normal) — linearity = normality.

P-P Plot

What it is. Observed vs theoretical probabilities.

By Group

Box Plot

What it is. Median, quartiles, outliers per group.

Violin Plot

What it is. Box plot + kernel density outline.

Strip Plot

What it is. Individual points per group.

Ridgeline

What it is. Stacked densities per group.

Bivariate

Scatter

What it is. X vs Y with optional grouping.

Line

What it is. Ordered series.

Area

What it is. Filled line — cumulatives.

Bubble

What it is. Scatter with a 3rd dimension encoded as point size.

Categorical & Crosstab

Bar / Pie / Donut / Treemap / Waterfall

What it is. Counts per category in different visual idioms.

Mosaic

What it is. Two-way crosstab as proportional rectangles.

Heatmap (aggregate)

What it is. cell × value matrix with aggregation.

Multivariate

Correlation Heatmap

What it is. Correlation matrix visualization.

Scatter Matrix

What it is. Pairs plot — scatter for each variable pair.

Radar

What it is. Compare groups across multiple dimensions.

Error Bar

What it is. Group means with standard errors.

Interaction Plot

What it is. Cell means for a 2×2 factor grid.

Time series & diagnostics

ACF / PACF

What it is. Autocorrelation and partial autocorrelation by lag.

IRF

What it is. Impulse Response — reaction to a shock.

Residuals

What it is. Residuals vs fitted.

ROC Curve

What it is. TPR vs FPR for a classifier.

Bland-Altman

What it is. Agreement between two methods.

Survival / Meta / Model

Survival Curve

What it is. Kaplan-Meier by group.

Forest Plot

What it is. Meta-analysis — per-study effects + pooled.

Funnel Plot

What it is. Publication bias check.

Coefficient / Caterpillar

What it is. Model estimates with CIs.

Marginal Effects

What it is. Marginal effects with CIs.

Control Chart

What it is. Process monitoring (UCL/LCL/mean).