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# Ridge plot

Visual representation of marginal distributions over the y axis for a single model



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:::::{tab-item} Matplotlib
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![Matplotlib version of plot_ridge](_images/plot_ridge.png)

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:::::{tab-item} Bokeh
:sync: bokeh

```{bokeh-plot}
:source-position: none

from bokeh.plotting import show

from arviz_base import load_arviz_data

import arviz_plots as azp

azp.style.use("arviz-variat")

data = load_arviz_data("centered_eight")
pc = azp.plot_ridge(
data,
backend="bokeh" # change to preferred backend
)


# for some reason the bokeh plot extension needs explicit use of show
show(pc.viz["figure"].item() if pc.viz["figure"].item() is not None else pc.viz["plot"].item())
```

Link to this page with the [bokeh tab selected](https://arviz-plots.readthedocs.io/en/latest//gallery/plot_ridge.html?backend=bokeh#synchronised-tabs)
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:::::{tab-item} Plotly
:sync: plotly

```{jupyter-execute}
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from arviz_base import load_arviz_data

import arviz_plots as azp

azp.style.use("arviz-variat")

data = load_arviz_data("centered_eight")
pc = azp.plot_ridge(
data,
backend="plotly" # change to preferred backend
)
pc.show()
```

Link to this page with the [plotly tab selected](https://arviz-plots.readthedocs.io/en/latest//gallery/plot_ridge.html?backend=plotly#synchronised-tabs)
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```{literalinclude} _scripts/plot_ridge.py
:emphasize-lines: 10
```



:::{seealso}
API Documentation: {func}`~arviz_plots.plot_ridge`
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## Other examples with `plot_ridge`

```{eval-rst}
.. minigallery:: plot_ridge
```


:::{div} example-plot-download
{download}`Download Python Source Code: plot_ridge.py<_scripts/plot_ridge.py>`
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