[R] Need help with barplots

[Henric Nilsson]

On 2006-10-13 10:55, David Barron wrote:

> First, produce two barplots for comparison:
> 
>> par(mfrow=c(2,1) )
>> barplot(VADeaths,beside=TRUE)
>> barplot(VADeaths)
> 
> The same information is in both plots; in the top, it is displayed as
> 5 separate bars for each group, and in the stacked plot it is shown as
> 5 separate regions in each of the four bars.  The hight of each of
> these regions is the same as the hight of the corresponding bar in the
> side-by-side plot.  The stacked plot enables you to see overall
> differences more easily (easier to see that the death rate is highest
> for Urban Males), but it is harder to compare the sizes of the
> categories.

Take a look at ?spineplot.


HTH,
Henric



> 
> On 13/10/06, laba diena <juscio at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I`ve read all the manuals and still couln`t find what is the difference
>> between the stacked and side-by-side barplots ? Could you explain me ?
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