How to Visualize the Raw Data
Learn how to visualize the raw data of the National hockey league, what that visualization tells us about the data, and how to make sure that we are using the right tool.
Visualization of data
Now that we have the birth months of nearly 1,100 current NHL players, let’s see what it looks like in a histogram.
What have we got here? It looks to us like January births do, indeed, account for a disproportionately high number of players but, then, so does December. And, overall, we don’t see the pattern that Gladwell’s idea predicted. Does that mean he was wrong?
Perhaps not. Let’s make sure we’re reading this histogram correctly. Remember: we’re just starting in this field and ...