Line and Multi-Line Charts
Learn what line charts and multi-line charts are and build skills in analyzing how a variable storing dates relate to that of a continuous variable.
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Line charts and multi-line charts
Here we will cover the concept of a line chart and the scenarios that allow us to leverage it as a powerful tool for data visualization.
Line charts are particularly useful visualization options for when we wish to visualize patterns and trends of a continuous variable over time.
Advantages | Disadvantages |
Easy to visualize trends and patterns in data to see how a continuous variable changes over time | Struggles to capture the way the data is distributed |
Can plot many lines on a single chart | Can become messy as we add too many variables within a multi-line chart |
Easy to identify areas of high fluctuation in the values of the data | The plot can look extremely distorted even if a single value is incorrect or is an outlier |
Plotting stock prices
In the following examples, we will look at some stock data of the adjusted closing prices of popular companies. In a final example, we will revisit ...