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Schéma : polygone des fréquences
Dessin : Adrien Taudière (CC0)
Exemple ggplot2 : polygone des fréquences
Adrien Taudière (CC0); code R ↓; données : Galton 1886, via HistData (Friendly et al. 2026) (GPL)

graphique

polygone des fréquences

Distribution tracée en ligne brisée reliant les sommets des classes.

frequency polygon

also: distribution line chart

Distribution drawn as a line joining the tops of the bins.

Préférable à l'histogramme pour superposer plusieurs distributions.

Classification

Canaux

Variantes

Attestation

Littérature scientifique

OpenAlex : 329 articles depuis 1925, dont 18 % ces cinq dernières années; surtout en Mathematics, Social Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Références séminales

Paquets R

Code R de l'exemple ggplot2

library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)
library(HistData)

children <- GaltonFamilies |>
  mutate(child = factor(gender, levels = c("female", "male"), labels = c("Daughters", "Sons")))

## Each name goes above the peak of its polygon, in the same 1-inch bins.
peaks <- children |>
  count(child, height = round(childHeight)) |>
  group_by(child) |>
  slice_max(n, n = 1, with_ties = FALSE)

p <- ggplot(children, aes(x = childHeight, colour = child)) +
  geom_freqpoly(binwidth = 1, center = 0, linewidth = 0.7) +
  geom_text(data = peaks, aes(x = height, y = n, label = child), vjust = -0.7, size = 3.5) +
  scale_x_continuous(labels = lex_number, breaks = lex_break_breaks, expand = lex_break_expand) +
  scale_y_continuous(labels = lex_number, expand = expansion(mult = c(0, 0.15))) +
  labs(title = "Sons measured about 5 inches more than daughters",
       subtitle = "Adult height of 934 children of 205 families, in 1-inch bins",
       x = "Height (inches)", y = "Children",
       caption = "Data: Galton 1886, via the HistData R package") +
  theme_lex_viz(break_not_zero = "x") +
  theme(legend.position = "none")

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RéférenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. polygone des fréquences. Dans Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/terme/frequency-polygon.html

BibTeX
@incollection{taudiere2026-frequency-polygon,
  author    = {Taudière, Adrien},
  title     = {polygone des fréquences},
  booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  publisher = {IdEst},
  url       = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/terme/frequency-polygon.html},
  note      = {CC0 1.0}
}

Fiche créée le 13/10/2026. Texte modifié le 22/10/2026. Images modifiées le 12/11/2026. Chiffres calculés le 22/10/2026.