Figure and axes, plot types, customization, subplots, seaborn statistical plots and choosing the right chart.
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- What is a Figure in Matplotlib?
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The overall window or page that contains plot axes, subplots, and decorative elements.- What is an Axes object in Matplotlib?
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A single plot area with its own coordinate system, axis labels, and title.- How do you create a Figure and Axes together?
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Use fig, ax = plt.subplots()- What method returns the current Axes object?
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plt.gca(), which stands for get current axes.- What function creates a line plot?
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plt.plot() or ax.plot()- What function creates a scatter plot?
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plt.scatter() or ax.scatter()- How do you create a bar chart?
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plt.bar() or ax.bar()- What function creates a histogram?
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plt.hist() or ax.hist()- What is a box plot used for?
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Displaying the distribution of data with quartiles, median, and outliers.- How do you create a pie chart?
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plt.pie() or ax.pie()- What function displays a 2D grid of color-coded values?
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plt.imshow() or ax.imshow()- How do you create a contour plot?
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plt.contour() for line contours or plt.contourf() for filled contours.- What parameter sets the x-axis label?
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Use ax.set_xlabel('text') or plt.xlabel('text')- How do you set a plot title?
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ax.set_title('text') or plt.title('text')- What parameter changes the line color in plt.plot()?
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The 'color' parameter, e.g., color='red', or shorthand c='r'.
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