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Data Visualization with Python
Cheat Sheet : Plotting with Matplotlib using Pandas
Plot Type Description Pandas Function Example Visual
Shows trends and changes DataFrame.plot.line()
Line Plot DataFrame.plot(kind = ‘line’)
df.plot(x=’year’, y=’sales’, kind=’line’)
over time
Displays data series as filled
DataFrame.plot.area()
Area Plot areas, showing the DataFrame.plot(kind = ‘area’)
df.plot(kind='area')
relationship between them
Displays bars representing the Series.plot.hist() s.plot(kind='hist', bins=10)
Histogram
data count in each interval/bin Series.plot(kind = ‘hist’, bins = n) df[‘age’].plot(kind='hist', bins=10)
Displays data using DataFrame.plot.bar()
Bar Chart DataFrame.plot(kind = ‘bar’)
df.plot(kind='bar')
rectangular bars
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Plot Type Description Pandas Function Example Visual
Displays data as a circular Series.plot.pie()
plot divided into slices, Series.plot(kind = ‘pie’) s.plot(kind='pie’,autopct='%1.1f%%')
Pie Chart DataFrame.plot.pie(y, labels) df.plot(x='Category',y='Percentage',kind='pie')
representing proportions or
DataFrame.plot(kind = ‘pie’)
percentages of a whole
Displays the distribution of a
DataFrame.plot.box()
Box Plot dataset along with key DataFrame.plot(kind = ‘box’)
df_can.plot(kind='box')
statistical measures
Uses Cartesian coordinates
DataFrame.plot.scatter()
Scatter Plot to display values for two DataFrame.plot(x, y, kind = ‘scatter’)
df.plot(x='Height', y='Weight', kind='scatter')
variables
Cheat Sheet : Plotting directly with Matplotlib
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Plot Type Description Matplotlib Function Example Visual
Shows trends and changes
Line Plot plt.plot() plt.plot(x, y, color='red', linewidth=2)
over time
Display data series as filled plt.fill_between(x, y1, y2, color='blue',
Area Plot plt.fill_between()
alpha=0.5)
areas
Displays bars representing the plt.hist(data, bins=10, color='orange',
Histogram plt.hist()
edgecolor='black')
data count in each interval/bin
Displays data using rectangular plt.bar(x, height, color='green',
Bar Chart plt.bar()
width=0.5)
bars
Displays data as a circular plot
divided into slices, representing plt.pie(sizes, labels=labels,
Pie Chart plt.pie()
colors=colors, explode=explode)
proportions or percentages of
a whole
Displays the distribution of a
Box Plot dataset along with key plt.boxplot() plt.boxplot(data, notch=True)
statistical measures
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Plot Type Description Matplotlib Function Example Visual
Uses Cartesian coordinates to plt.scatter(x, y, color='purple',
Scatter Plot plt.scatter()
marker='o', s=50)
display values for two variables
Creating multiple plots on one
Subplotting plt.subplots() fig, axes = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=2)
figure
plt.title('Title')
Customizing plot: adding plt.xlabel('X Label')
Customization Various customization plt.ylabel('Y Label')
labels, title, legend, grid plt.legend()
plt.grid(True)
Author(s)
Dr. Pooja
Changelog
Date Version Changed by Change Description
2023-06-10 0.1 Dr. Pooja Initial version created
