Distribution analysis takes a look at how quantitative values are distributed along an axis, from the lowest to the highest. The characteristics emerge while looking at the shape of the data, such as central tendency, shape, and outliers:
- Goal: To understand which demographics should be focused on for our marking approach for a specific product group
- Question: The suitable age range to target our new marketing campaign toward
- Analysis: Use a histogram to see a useful range from the mean age
We will make use of the same Chapter 2 – Sales.qvf
application used in the Comparison recipe.
- In the application overview, click on the button in the top right-hand corner and click on the
Create new sheet
button. Name this sheetDistribution
. - Once inside the newly created sheet, go to the
Charts
asset pane and double-click on theBar chart
button. - In the properties pane to the right of your screen, click on
Add
data and selectDimension
. - Click on the button for the input...