[R] violin - like plots for bivariate data

[Liaw, Andy]

sounds like bivariate density contours may be what you're looking for.


Andy

From: Eric Nord
> 
> I'm attempting to produce something like a violin plot to 
> display how y
> changes with x for members of different groups (My specific 
> case is how
> floral area changes over time for several species of plants). 
> I've looked at
> panel.violin (in lattice), which makes nice violin plots, but 
> is really set
> up to work on a single variable - the area trace represents 
> the frequency of
> each value of x for each group.
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone is aware of a function to do this?
> 
> I can imagine how to accomplish this using polygon, but I 
> will admit I'm not
> sure what the best way would be to smooth the data. That said, I would
> prefer not to reinvent the wheel!
> 
> Thanks in advance for any wisdom you can share!
> 
> Eric
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