[R] graph with 15 combinations

[Penner, Johannes]

Thanks a lot! That is exactly what I was looking for!

Best wishes
Johannes

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Project Coordinator BIOTA West Amphibians

Museum of Natural History
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D-10115 Berlin
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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Greg Snow [mailto:Greg.Snow at imail.org] 
Gesendet: Montag, 20. April 2009 21:30
An: Penner, Johannes; r-help at r-project.org
Betreff: RE: graph with 15 combinations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venn_Diagram#Extensions_to_higher_numbers_of_sets

shows a couple of solutions, not in R, but the ideas could be implemented in R.

Hope this helps,

-- 
Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Penner, Johannes
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 1:04 PM
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] graph with 15 combinations
> 
> Dear R helpers,
> 
> I have a data set with 4 types (W, C, E & S). Now I have values for all
> types plus all possible combinations (the order is unimportant): W, C,
> WC, E, WE, CE, WCE, S, WS, CS, WCS, ES, WES, CES & WCES. Ideally I
> would
> like to represent everything in one graph and as concise as possible.
> Drawing 4 circles and depicting it as overlap just gives me 13 out of
> the 15 possibilities needed (as e.g. depicted here
> http://www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/classic9e.html in the graph
> "Four circles surrounding illusion").
> 
> Does anybody has a nice solution, ideally with a possible solution in
> R?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Johannes
> 
> --
> Project Coordinator BIOTA West Amphibians
> 
> Museum of Natural History
> Dep. of Research (Herpetology)
> Invalidenstrasse 43
> D-10115 Berlin
> Tel: +49 (0)30 2093 8708
> Fax: +49 (0)30 2093 8565
> 
> http://www.biota-africa.org
> http://community-ecology.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
> 
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