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Aug 1, 2023
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chart = {

// Specify the dimensions of the chart.
const width = 928;
const height = 600
const marginTop = 20;
const marginRight = 20;
const marginBottom = 30;
const marginLeft = 40;

// Bin the data and derive the values (inter-quartile range, outliers…) for each bin.
const n = width / 40;
const bins = d3.bin()
.thresholds(n)
.value(d => d.carat)
(diamonds)
.map(bin => {
bin.sort((a, b) => a.price - b.price);
const values = bin.map(d => d.price);
const min = values[0];
const max = values[values.length - 1];
const q1 = d3.quantile(values, 0.25);
const q2 = d3.quantile(values, 0.50);
const q3 = d3.quantile(values, 0.75);
const iqr = q3 - q1; // interquartile range
const r0 = Math.max(min, q1 - iqr * 1.5);
const r1 = Math.min(max, q3 + iqr * 1.5);
bin.quartiles = [q1, q2, q3];
bin.range = [r0, r1];
bin.outliers = bin.filter(v => v.price < r0 || v.price > r1); // TODO
return bin;
})

// Prepare the positional scales.
const x = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([d3.min(bins, d => d.x0), d3.max(bins, d => d.x1)])
.rangeRound([marginLeft, width - marginRight])
const y = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([d3.min(bins, d => d.range[0]), d3.max(bins, d => d.range[1])]).nice()
.range([height - marginBottom, marginTop])

// Create the SVG container.
const svg = d3.create("svg")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
.attr("viewBox", [0, 0, width, height])
.attr("style", "max-width: 100%; height: auto; font: 10px sans-serif;")
.attr("text-anchor", "middle");

// Create a visual representation for each bin.
const g = svg.append("g")
.selectAll("g")
.data(bins)
.join("g");

// Range.
g.append("path")
.attr("stroke", "currentColor")
.attr("d", d => `
M${x((d.x0 + d.x1) / 2)},${y(d.range[1])}
V${y(d.range[0])}
`);

// Quartiles.
g.append("path")
.attr("fill", "#ddd")
.attr("d", d => `
M${x(d.x0) + 1},${y(d.quartiles[2])}
H${x(d.x1)}
V${y(d.quartiles[0])}
H${x(d.x0) + 1}
Z
`);

// Median.
g.append("path")
.attr("stroke", "currentColor")
.attr("stroke-width", 2)
.attr("d", d => `
M${x(d.x0) + 1},${y(d.quartiles[1])}
H${x(d.x1)}
`);

// Outliers, with a bit of jitter.
g.append("g")
.attr("fill", "currentColor")
.attr("fill-opacity", 0.2)
.attr("stroke", "none")
.attr("transform", d => `translate(${x((d.x0 + d.x1) / 2)},0)`)
.selectAll("circle")
.data(d => d.outliers)
.join("circle")
.attr("r", 2)
.attr("cx", () => (Math.random() - 0.5) * 4)
.attr("cy", d => y(d.price));

// Append the x axis.
svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", `translate(0,${height - marginBottom})`)
.call(d3.axisBottom(x).ticks(n).tickSizeOuter(0));

// Append the y axis.
svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", `translate(${marginLeft},0)`)
.call(d3.axisLeft(y).ticks(null, "s"))
.call(g => g.select(".domain").remove());

return svg.node();
}
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diamonds = FileAttachment("diamonds.csv").csv({typed: true})
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Plot.plot({
marginLeft: 50,
y: {grid: true },
x: {interval: 0.2, tickFormat: (x) => (x).toFixed(1), label: "carats", align: 0},
marks: [
Plot.ruleY([0]),
Plot.boxY(diamonds, {x: (d) => Math.floor(d.carat * 5) / 5, y: "price", dx: 12})
]
})
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