Data Stories: Understanding Histograms, Joyplots, and Sorting Algorithms
A complete toolbox for data visualization contains many methods for sorting and displaying data.
- By Lindsay Stares
- December 13, 2017
Creating a Histogram
![Histogram](/-/media/TDWI/Upside/newsletters/2017/12/121317VizHistogram.jpg)
Histograms are a common way to aggregate data and show value distribution. This interactive site explains in detail how to construct them.
Showing Distribution Over Time
![Joyplot](/-/media/TDWI/Upside/newsletters/2017/12/121317VizJoyplot.jpg)
One way to expand on the information in a histogram is the visualization known variously as a stacked distribution, frequency trail, or joyplot.
Ways to Sort Data
![Sorting algortihms](/-/media/TDWI/Upside/newsletters/2017/12/121317VizSort.jpg)
This series of animated images illustrates how various sorting algorithms work. There are Wikipedia links interspersed in case you aren’t familiar with the terms.
About the Author
Lindsay Stares is a production editor at TDWI. You can contact her here.