quantiles drawn by geom_violin's draw_quantiles option are incorrect
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Description
The quantiles drawn by geom_violin are incorrect e.g. the 50% quantile does not correspond to the median. A simple example, where a boxplot is overlayed to show the expected position of the 25, 50 and 75% quantiles:
from plotnine import *
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
df = pd.DataFrame({
"y": np.random.gamma(1,2,10),
"x": ["a"]*10
})
plt = (
ggplot(df, aes(x="x", y="y")) +
geom_violin(draw_quantiles=[0.25,0.5,0.75]) +
geom_boxplot(alpha=0.5,width=0.1,fill="grey")
)
plt.show()
Plotting the mean and median for comparison:
plt = (
ggplot(df, aes(x="x", y="y")) +
geom_violin(draw_quantiles=0.5) +
geom_hline(data=df.groupby(["x"])["y"].describe(), mapping=aes(yintercept="mean"), color="red",alpha=0.5) +
geom_hline(data=df.groupby(["x"])["y"].describe(), mapping=aes(yintercept="50%"), color="blue",alpha=0.5)
)
plt.show()
Tested with plotnine-0.13.6 and Python 3.10
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Start by reproducing the provided Python example using geom_violin(draw_quantiles=[0.25, 0.5, 0.75]) and the overlaid geom_boxplot. Trace the geom_violin draw_quantiles behavior and compare its lines with the grouped-data 25%, 50%, and 75% values. Done means the violin quantile lines align with the corresponding statistical quantiles, including the median.
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- python
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- data-visualization
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- Bug
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