Univariate Visualizations

We will begin this module by exploring some of the main univariate visualizations that we can create using Base R graphics.

One of the primary reasons we use data visualization is to scrutinize the univariate distributions of individual variables in our data. For example, we may want to check how closely some variables follow a normal distribution, or we might want to screen for extreme values. Univariate visualizations are ideally suited to these types of analysis.