Visualizing Your Data
In the previous section, we saw how to explore a new dataset and calculate some simple descriptive statistics. These measures helped summarize the dataset into interpretable metrics, such as the average or maximum values. Now it is time to dive even deeper and get a more granular view of each column using data visualization.
In a data science project, data visualization can be used either for data analysis or communicating gained insights. Presenting results in a visual way that stakeholders can easily understand and interpret them in is definitely a must-have skill for any good data scientist.
However, in this chapter, we will be focusing on using data visualization for analyzing data. Most people tend to interpret information more easily on a graph than reading written information. For example, when looking at the following descriptive statistics and the scatter plot for the same variable, which one do you think is easier to interpret? Let&apos...