[R] bubble.plot() - standardize size of unit circle

[Dan Bebber]

Thanks Martin- I didn't know about the sunflowerplot
function. Somehow I prefer the look of bubbles, but I
guess you're right about the visual perception. Will
have to read up on it.

Dan

--- Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch>
wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> >>>>> "Dan" == Dan Bebber <danbebber at yahoo.co.uk>
> >>>>>     on Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:05:45 +0100 (BST)
> writes:
> 
>     Dan> Hello,
>     Dan> I wrote a wrapper for symbols() that
> produces a
>     Dan> bivariate bubble plot, for use when
> plot(x,y) hides
>     Dan> multiple occurrences of the same x,y
> combination (e.g.
>     Dan> if x,y are integers).
>     Dan> Circle area ~ counts per bin, and circle
> size is
>     Dan> controlled by 'scale'.
> 
> I'm not answering your question, but still, I need
> to ask/tell
> this:
> 
> Why don't use  sunflowerplot() instead?
> 
> The excellent researchers who invented sunflower
> plots in the
> late 70s early 1980s knew well about "bubble"
> alternatives and
> much about drawbacks of such bubbles
> {mainly the perception laws of areas vs lengths ..}
> 
> That's why they came up with the sunflowers as
> improvement ..
> See 'References' in   help(sunflowerplot)
> 
> Regards,
> Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     Dan> Question: how can I automatically make the
> smallest
>     Dan> circle the same size as a standard plot
> character,
>     Dan> rather than having to approximate it using
> 'scale'?
> 
>     Dan> #Function:
>     Dan>
>
bubble.plot<-function(x,y,scale=0.1,xlab=substitute(x),ylab=substitute(y),...){
>     Dan> z<-table(x,y)
>     Dan> xx<-rep(as.numeric(rownames(z)),ncol(z))
>     Dan>
> yy<-sort(rep(as.numeric(colnames(z)),nrow(z)))
>     Dan> id<-which(z!=0)
>     Dan>
>
symbols(xx[id],yy[id],inches=F,circles=sqrt(z[id])*scale,xlab=xlab,ylab=ylab,...)}
> 
>     Dan> #Example:
>     Dan> x<-rpois(100,3)
>     Dan> y<-x+rpois(100,2)
>     Dan> bubble.plot(x,y)
> 
> 
> 		
>     Dan>
>
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