Coloring by a categorical Z variable
Coloring by a categorical Z variable
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See also this article on adding Z variables.
If you add a categorical Z variable to a dot plot, histogram or a bar chart it will color the data points according to the category. This can help you see visually if there is a correlation between the Z variable and the others.
Dot plot
Here is a simple example where the Z variable, Direction, has two values, Left and Right.
Histogram
In the histogram case (numerical X, categorical Z) the histogram will be divided up into colored bars according to the Z variable:
This is actually grouping by Z
As the histogram has no other way to show the Z variable, this is actually a case of grouping by Z and will also mean that separate descriptive stats can be shown for each group. See this article about grouping by Z.
Frequency Plot
For a bar frequency plot (categorical X, categorical Z) it again splits the bars by the Z variable:
Customizing colors
In the examples above, the colors have been chosen from an automatic scale that ensures a good contrast. However, you might want to select the colors yourself. This can be done in the Values dialog for the column (located within the column header):
This opens the Values dialog, that allows to you set colors (and labels) for each categorical value:
See also
Setting a DataMoji for each categorical value - see here
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