Introduction to Violin Plot

Violin Plot is basically combining Density Plot chart and Boxplot. It visualizes how the data is distributed and helps you compare the distributions of multiple groups by using the density curve (violin curve) and the boxplot inside the density curve.

Sample Data

We'll use this Flight Delay data. You can download it from this page.

In this data, each row represents each flight that departed one airport and arrived another airport. It has the delay times for both departure and arrival of each flight.

1. Create Violin Chart

Select 'Violin Plot' from the Chart type and assign 'Job Role' column to the X-Axis and 'Monthly Income' column to the Y-Axis.

2. Sort the Violins

You can check 'Sort by' to sort the violins from the highest to the lowest based on the median values, which are indicated as the horizontal line inside each of the boxes.

3. Show Points to Visualize Raw Data

You can show each row (employee) as a points on the chart so that you can see how exactly the data is distributed.

Select 'Show Data as Points' from the chart property.

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