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by yummyfajitas 5134 days ago
The spatial resolution of a scatterplot represents empirical reality. Each point corresponds to a single observation, with no probability distribution implied or imposed.

tl;dr; I'm a Bayesian, you are a Frequentist (at least with regards to plotting).

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I don't know what this has to do with bayes vs frequentist. I am not arguing that the data do not have a probabilty distribution. I am arguing that it is better to show all the data when possible, rather than an eye-catching but lossy summary.