Design a distribution display

CTE-4 Order: #4 Design the Visual Story Has Dependencies

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Guidance

For a single distribution use a histogram (shape+magnitude, consistent bin widths, bin count tuned by trial and error), a frequency polygon (shape only), a strip plot (every raw value, small N), or a stem-and-leaf plot (≤100 values, quick by hand). For comparing several distributions, box plots beat everything else — add outlier dots beyond the whiskers rather than stretching them. Prefer median/percentiles over mean/SD when outliers are present.

Details

Order:: #4
Phase:
Predecessor:: CTE-3 Design a deviation display
Successor:: CTE-5 Design a correlation display
Created:: Sep 18, 2026
Last Updated:: Sep 18, 2026

Workflow

Choose Chart per Analysis Type

Apply a chart-selection rule set for each of the six recurring analysis types so every finding gets the display type …

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Assigned Agent

EDA Practitioner

The person or AI system running this playbook end to end — analyst, programmer, and …

Required Skills

Chart-Type Selection per Analysis Type Chart Design

Rules

Box plots beat all else for comparing distributions box-plots-beat-all-else-for-comparing-distributions
Resistant statistics for skewed/outlier-prone data resistant-statistics-for-skewedoutlier-prone-data

Input Artifacts

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Output Artifacts

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