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Calculate Residuals

Single-View Plots / Advanced Calculations · point · Supported · joinaggregate_residual_graph

The spec

{
  "$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega-lite/v5.json",
  "description": "A dot plot showing each movie in the database, and the difference from the average movie rating. The display is sorted by year to visualize everything in sequential order. The graph is for all Movies before 2019.",
  "data": {
    "url": "data/movies.json"
  },
  "transform": [
    {"filter": "datum['IMDB Rating'] != null"},
    {"filter": {"timeUnit": "year", "field": "Release Date", "range": [null, 2019]}},
    {
      "joinaggregate": [{
        "op": "mean",
        "field": "IMDB Rating",
        "as": "AverageRating"
      }]
    },
    {
      "calculate": "datum['IMDB Rating'] - datum.AverageRating",
      "as": "RatingDelta"
    }
  ],
  "mark": "point",
  "encoding": {
    "x": {
      "field": "Release Date",
      "type": "temporal"
    },
    "y": {
      "field": "RatingDelta",
      "type": "quantitative",
      "title": "Rating Delta"
    },
    "color": {
      "field": "RatingDelta",
      "type": "quantitative",
      "scale": {"domainMid": 0},
      "title": "Rating Delta"
    }
  }
}

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Calculate Residuals: a point chart rendered by PlotKit from the spec above

PlotKit · In development · support matrix 11 September 2026