ridgeplot_subcoordinates

A ridgeline plot using the Perceptions of Probability dataset.

This example demonstrates the uses of sub-coordinates to position ridge lines at different categories. This effectively allows the user to create sub-plots, while propagating the real values across bokehjs, e.g. when showing data using hover tool.

An alternative to sub-coordinates is to categorical offsets, which is showcased in examples/topics/categorical/ridgeplot.py. Note that categorical offsets don’t provide access to the real values and thus are more suited to presentation purpose rather than analysis.

This chart shows the distribution of responses to the prompt What probability would you assign to the phrase “Highly likely”.

Details

Sampledata:

bokeh.sampledata.perceptions

Bokeh APIs:

figure.patch, bokeh.models.ColumnDataSource

More info:

Categorical series with offsets

Keywords:

alpha, categorical, palette, patch, ridgeline, sub-coordinates, sub-plot

import colorcet as cc
from numpy import linspace
from scipy.stats import gaussian_kde

from bokeh.models import ColumnDataSource, FixedTicker, PrintfTickFormatter, Range1d
from bokeh.plotting import figure, show
from bokeh.sampledata.perceptions import probly

cats = list(reversed(probly.keys()))
palette = [cc.rainbow[i*15] for i in range(17)]

x = linspace(-20, 110, 500)
source = ColumnDataSource(data=dict(x=x))

p = figure(y_range=cats, width=900, x_range=(-5, 105), tools="hover", toolbar_location=None)

p.hover.tooltips = [
    ("data (x, y)", "($x, $y)"),
    ("name", "$name"),
]

for i, cat in enumerate(reversed(cats)):
    target_start = cats.index(cat) + 0.5 # middle of the current category
    target_end = target_start + 20       # arbitrary scaling to make plots pop

    xy = p.subplot(
        x_source=p.x_range,
        y_source=Range1d(start=0, end=1),
        x_target=p.x_range,
        y_target=Range1d(start=target_start, end=target_end),
    )

    pdf = gaussian_kde(probly[cat])
    source.add(pdf(x), cat)

    xy.patch("x", cat, color=palette[i], alpha=0.6, line_color="black", source=source, name=cat)

p.outline_line_color = None
p.background_fill_color = "#efefef"

p.xaxis.ticker = FixedTicker(ticks=list(range(0, 101, 10)))
p.xaxis.formatter = PrintfTickFormatter(format="%d%%")

p.ygrid.grid_line_color = None
p.xgrid.grid_line_color = "#dddddd"
p.xgrid.ticker = p.xaxis.ticker

p.axis.minor_tick_line_color = None
p.axis.major_tick_line_color = None
p.axis.axis_line_color = None

p.y_range.range_padding = 0.12

show(p)