Visualizing Data to Decide

43 min
Block 4 — Understanding the data before modeling
Objective
attach to every exploration question the chart that answers it, read a histogram, a density curve, a box plot, a bar chart, a scatter plot, a scatter matrix and a correlation heatmap correctly, extract from each one an explicit preparation decision, and recognize the reading traps that turn a correct chart into a false conclusion.
Estimated duration
45 minutes
Prerequisites
chapters 005 (dataset structure), 013 (exploratory data analysis) and 014 (descriptive statistics)
Associated quizzes
015.1-quiz-guiding-principle.md to 015.6-quiz-reading-traps.md

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