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Heights of Galton's 934 adult children
Two overlapping distributions that share most of their range and separate at the means, which is the cleanest small case for overlaid densities.

Source
Svelte, builder, JSON
<script lang="ts">
import {
GeomDensity,
GGPlot,
Labs,
ScaleFillManual,
ThemeMinimal,
} from "@ggsvelte/svelte";
import { galtonChildren } from "./data.js";
</script>
<GGPlot
data={galtonChildren}
aes={{ x: "height", fill: "gender" }}
width={640}
height={400}
>
<ThemeMinimal />
<ScaleFillManual
domain={["Daughters", "Sons"]}
values={["#8b7ec8", "#3aa99f"]}
/>
<Labs
title="Heights of Galton's 934 adult children"
subtitle="Two overlapping distributions, separated at the means"
x="Height (inches)"
y="Density"
fill="Child"
/>
<GeomDensity alpha={0.45} />
</GGPlot>
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