Visualizing distributions

Often, simply understanding totals, sums, and even the breakdown of part-to-whole only gives you a piece of the overall picture. Many times, you'll want to understand where individual items fall within a distribution of all similar items.

You might find yourself asking questions like these:

These questions all have similarities. In each case, you are asking for an understanding of how individuals (patients, components, and students) compared with each other. In each case, you most likely have a relatively high number of individuals. In data terms, you have a dimension (Patient, Component, and...