[R] Question about which kind of plot to use

[hadley wickham]

> Perhaps as long as you're learning a new plotting system, you might also
> check out whether ggplot2 might be an option.
>
> I did a quick and dirty version (which I'm sure Hadley can improve and
> also remind me how to get rid of the legend that shows the "3" that I
> set the size to).
>
> Assuming your data is re-shaped, so it comes out something like mine in
> the artificial example below, then it's a two-liner in ggplot:
>
>
> maxdat.df <- data.frame (
>     score1 =  rnorm(9, mean = rep(c(10,20,30), each = 3), sd = 1 ) ,
>     SD = runif(9) * 2 + .5,
>     Group = factor ( rep ( c("V", "W", "X"), each = 3 ) ),
>     subGroup = rep( c("B","M","T"), 3) )
>
> maxdat.df
>
> library(ggplot2)
> ggp <- ggplot ( maxdat.df, aes (y = score1, x = interaction(Group ,
> subGroup), min = score1 - SD, max = score1 + SD, size = 3) )
> ggp + geom_pointrange() + coord_flip()

Take the size = 3 out of the aesthetic mappings, and put it directly
in geom_pointrange(size = 3) - this way you are setting the size to 3
(mm) rather than asking ggplot to map a variable containing only the
value 3 to the size of the points/lines.  It's a subtle but important
distinction, and I need to figure out how to explain it better.

Hadley

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