import pandas as pd
import seaborn as sns
ser_test = pd.Series([1,0,1,4,6,0,6,5,1,3,2,5,1])
sns.kdeplot(ser_test, cumulative=True)
The above code generates the following CDF graph:
But when the elements of the series are modified to:
ser_test = pd.Series([1,0,1,1,6,0,6,1,1,0,2,1,1])
sns.kdeplot(ser_test, cumulative=True)
I get the following error:
ValueError: could not convert string to float: 'scott'
RuntimeError: Selected KDE bandwidth is 0. Cannot estimate density.
What does this error mean and how can I resolve it to generate a CDF (even if it is very skewed).
Edit: I am using seaborn version 0.9.0
The complete trace is below:
ValueError: could not convert string to float: 'scott'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
RuntimeError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-93-7cee594b4526> in <module>
1 ser_test = pd.Series([1,0,1,1,6,0,6,1,1,0,2,1,1])
----> 2 sns.kdeplot(ser_test, cumulative=True)
~/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/seaborn/distributions.py in kdeplot(data, data2, shade, vertical, kernel, bw, gridsize, cut, clip, legend, cumulative, shade_lowest, cbar, cbar_ax, cbar_kws, ax, **kwargs)
689 ax = _univariate_kdeplot(data, shade, vertical, kernel, bw,
690 gridsize, cut, clip, legend, ax,
--> 691 cumulative=cumulative, **kwargs)
692
693 return ax
~/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/seaborn/distributions.py in _univariate_kdeplot(data, shade, vertical, kernel, bw, gridsize, cut, clip, legend, ax, cumulative, **kwargs)
281 x, y = _statsmodels_univariate_kde(data, kernel, bw,
282 gridsize, cut, clip,
--> 283 cumulative=cumulative)
284 else:
285 # Fall back to scipy if missing statsmodels
~/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/seaborn/distributions.py in _statsmodels_univariate_kde(data, kernel, bw, gridsize, cut, clip, cumulative)
353 fft = kernel == "gau"
354 kde = smnp.KDEUnivariate(data)
--> 355 kde.fit(kernel, bw, fft, gridsize=gridsize, cut=cut, clip=clip)
356 if cumulative:
357 grid, y = kde.support, kde.cdf
~/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/statsmodels/nonparametric/kde.py in fit(self, kernel, bw, fft, weights, gridsize, adjust, cut, clip)
138 density, grid, bw = kdensityfft(endog, kernel=kernel, bw=bw,
139 adjust=adjust, weights=weights, gridsize=gridsize,
--> 140 clip=clip, cut=cut)
141 else:
142 density, grid, bw = kdensity(endog, kernel=kernel, bw=bw,
~/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/statsmodels/nonparametric/kde.py in kdensityfft(X, kernel, bw, weights, gridsize, adjust, clip, cut, retgrid)
451 bw = float(bw)
452 except:
--> 453 bw = bandwidths.select_bandwidth(X, bw, kern) # will cross-val fit this pattern?
454 bw *= adjust
455
~/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/statsmodels/nonparametric/bandwidths.py in select_bandwidth(x, bw, kernel)
172 # eventually this can fall back on another selection criterion.
173 err = "Selected KDE bandwidth is 0. Cannot estimate density."
--> 174 raise RuntimeError(err)
175 else:
176 return bandwidth
RuntimeError: Selected KDE bandwidth is 0. Cannot estimate density.
What's going on here is that Seaborn (or rather, the library it relies on to calculate the KDE - scipy or statsmodels) isn't managing to figure out the "bandwidth", a scaling parameter used in the calculation. You can pass it manually. I played with a few values and found 1.5 gave a graph at the same scale as your previous:
sns.kdeplot(ser_test, cumulative=True, bw=1.5)
See also here. Worth installing statsmodels
if you don't have it.