(gallery_dist_kde)=

# Posterior KDEs

KDE plot of the variable `mu` from the centered eight model. The `sample_dims` parameter is
used to restrict the KDE computation along the `draw` dimension only.


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![Matplotlib version of plot_dist_kde](_images/plot_dist_kde.png)

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```{bokeh-plot}
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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_dist(
data,
kind="kde",
var_names=["mu"],
sample_dims=["draw"],
backend="bokeh"  # change to preferred backend
)
pc.add_title("KDE of μ by Chain (Centered Eight)")


# 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_dist_kde.html?backend=bokeh#synchronised-tabs)
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```{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_dist(
data,
kind="kde",
var_names=["mu"],
sample_dims=["draw"],
backend="plotly"  # change to preferred backend
)
pc.add_title("KDE of μ by Chain (Centered Eight)")
pc.show()
```

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



:::{seealso}
API Documentation: {func}`~arviz_plots.plot_dist`

EABM chapter on [Visualization of Random Variables with ArviZ](https://arviz-devs.github.io/EABM/Chapters/Distributions.html#distributions-in-arviz)
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## Other examples with `plot_dist`

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


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{download}`Download Python Source Code: plot_dist_kde.py<_scripts/plot_dist_kde.py>`
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