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matan_benyishay
Helper II
3 years ago

Second glyph/plot segment in Charticulator

Hi, I'm trying to use Charticulator to make a template for a jitter chart with median and average lines. This is especially helpful for visualizing the variation within and between groups, including...
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ppm1
Solution Sage
3 years ago

I think you'll have more flexibility with the Deneb visual for this one (based on Vega Lite). Here is a quick example.

 

Below is the JSON "spec" for the above chart that you can modify as needed. Also, here is a link with a good intro to Deneb - Getting Started | Deneb

{
  "data": {"name": "dataset"},
  "transform": [
    {
      "calculate": "random()",
      "as": "jitter"
    }
  ],
  "layer": [
    {
      "mark": {"type": "point"},
      "encoding": {
        "x": {
          "field": "Total Qty",
          "type": "quantitative"
        },
        "yOffset": {"field": "jitter"}
      }
    },
    {
      "mark": {
        "type": "tick",
        "size": 200,
        "color": "red"
      },
      "encoding": {
        "x": {
          "field": "Total Qty",
          "aggregate": "mean"
        },
        "detail": {"field": "Category"}
      }
    }
  ],
  "encoding": {
    "y": {
      "field": "Category",
      "type": "nominal"
    }
  }
}

 

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