Violin Plot Maker
Created:November 21, 2024
Last Updated:March 21, 2025
Create beautiful violin charts from your data. Upload your own data or try our sample datasets.
Try it out!
- Click Sample Data and select Restaurant Tips
- For value column, select total_bill
- For group/color by, select sex or leave it as None
- Click Generate Violin Plot to visualize the data
Calculator
1. Load Your Data
2. Select Columns & Options
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Violin Plots: Definition, Uses, and Interpretation
What is a Violin Plot?
A violin plot is a combination of a box plot and a kernel density plot, showing the probability density of data at different values. The width of the "violin" represents the frequency of data points at that particular value.
Uses of Violin Plots
- Visualizing the distribution shape of continuous data
- Comparing distributions across different groups
- Identifying multimodal distributions
- Showing data density along with summary statistics
Components of a Violin Plot
- The outer shape shows the kernel density estimation
- The internal box plot shows summary statistics
- Optional points show individual observations or outliers
- Mean and median markers provide central tendency measures
Interpreting Violin Plots
- Width indicates the frequency of values in that region
- Symmetry or asymmetry reveals distribution shape
- Multiple peaks suggest multimodal distributions
- Box plot elements show quartiles and outliers
- Comparing multiple violins shows differences between groups