[R] Great looking plot - but what does it mean?

[Julian Burgos]

Hi Mika03,

It would be useful to know what function you used to create your plot. 
Assuming you used boxplot, do this:

?boxplot
?boxplot.stats

Julian



mika03 wrote:
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p14668788/paragraphs.png 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> R is is world full of wonders... I created the attached plot, and I think
> it's exactly what I need! Well, actually I think it is more that wht I
> need...
> 
> I wanted R to show the mean values of the categories on the x-axis and maybe
> the standard derivation as well.
> 
> I am pretty confident that the bold horrizontal lines in the plot show the
> mean values. But what are the white boxes and the dashed lines? And what's
> that one small circle on the "Section" column supposed to mean.
> 
> And if I would like to get rid of that small circle, how can I?
> 
> Thanks a lot!