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Histogram Overlayed with CDF
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
svg {
font: 10px sans-serif;
}
.bar rect {
fill: steelblue;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.axis path, .axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.line {
fill: none;
stroke: purple;
stroke-width: 1.5px;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
//Set dimensions
var m = {top: 50, right: 50, bottom: 50, left: 50}
, h = 500 - m.top - m.bottom
, w = 960 - m.left - m.right
, numBins = 50
, n = 10000;
//Generate random numbers
var norm = d3.range(n).map(d3.random.normal(0, 1));
var x = d3.scale.linear().domain([-3, 3]).range([0, w]);
var data = d3.layout.histogram().bins(x.ticks(numBins))(norm);
//Calculative cdf
var last = 0;
for(var i=0; i < data.length; i++){
data[i]['cum'] = last + data[i].y;
last = data[i]['cum'];
data[i]['cum'] = data[i]['cum']/n;
}
//Axes and scales
var yhist = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d) { return d.y; })])
.range([h, 0]);
var ycum = d3.scale.linear().domain([0, 1]).range([h, 0]);
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(x)
.orient('bottom');
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(yhist)
.orient('left');
var yAxis2 = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(ycum)
.orient('right');
//Draw svg
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", w + m.left + m.right)
.attr("height", h + m.top + m.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + m.left + "," + m.top + ")");
//Draw histogram
var bar = svg.selectAll(".bar")
.data(data)
.enter().append("g")
.attr("class", "bar")
.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + x(d.x) + "," + yhist(d.y) + ")"; });
bar.append("rect")
.attr("x", 1)
.attr("width", w/numBins/1.3)
.attr("height", function(d) { return h - yhist(d.y); });
//Draw CDF line
var guide = d3.svg.line()
.x(function(d){ return x(d.x) })
.y(function(d){ return ycum(d.cum) })
.interpolate('basis');
var line = svg.append('path')
.datum(data)
.attr('d', guide)
.attr('class', 'line');
//Draw axes
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + h + ")")
.call(xAxis);
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis)
.append("text")
.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
.attr("y", 6)
.attr("dy", ".71em")
.style("text-anchor", "end")
.text("Count (Histogram)");
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + [w, 0] + ")")
.call(yAxis2)
.append("text")
.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
.attr("y", 4)
.attr("dy", "-.71em")
.style("text-anchor", "end")
.text("CDF");
</script>
</body>
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