python seaborn statistical data visualization

info

1. seaborn is a python visualization library based on matplotlib

2. and tightly integrated with the PyData stack

3. it provides a high-level interface for drawing attractive statistical graphics

4. including support for numpy and pandas data structure

5. and statistical routines from scipy and statsmodels

feature

1. build-in themes that improve on the default matplotlib aesthetics

2. tools for choosing color palettes

3. functions for visualizing univariate and bivariate distributions or for comparing them between subsets of data

4. tools that fit and visualize linear regression models for different kinds of independent and dependent variables

5. functions that visaulize matrices of data and use clustering algorithms to discover structure in those matrices

6. a function to plot statistical timeseries data with flexible estimation and representation of uncertainty around the estimate

7. high-level abstractions for structruing grids of plots that let you easily build complex visualizations