[R] Unusual graph- modified wind rose perhaps?

[John Kane]

Thanks Michael. 

It looked like a decent display but it's nice to know what is going on.  I has figured out something to do with milk but that was my total knowledge..



--- On Wed, 7/6/11, Michael Dewey <info at aghmed.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Michael Dewey <info at aghmed.fsnet.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [R] Unusual graph-  modified wind rose perhaps?
> To: "John Kane" <jrkrideau at yahoo.ca>, r-help at r-project.org
> Received: Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 3:25 PM
> At 12:21 04/07/2011, John Kane
> wrote:
> 
> > In a OpenOffice.org forum someone was asking if the
> spreadsheet could graph this http://www.elmundo.es/elmundosalud/documentos/2011/06/leche.html
> > 
> > I didn't think it could. :)
> > 
> > I don't think I've ever seen exactly this layout. Does
> anyone know if there is anything in R that does a graph like
> this or that can be adapted to do it.
> > 
> > Unfortunately my Spanish is non-existent so I am not
> sure how effective the graph is in achieving whatever it's
> suppposed to do.  A dot chart might be as effective but
> it is a flashy graphic.
> 
> Well nobody seems to have taken up the challenge John, so
> here goes.
> 
> In summary the graphics show the properties of brands of
> full-fat milk sold in Spain. Some of them are supermarket
> own brands and others general branded products. By clicking
> on the rectangular buttons across the top you can select
> which criterion to look at and when you do there is usually
> an explanatory text shown upper-left in the plot. By default
> you get overall quality rating.
> 
> Good features of the graphic seem to me to be that the
> brands are always in the same order so if you buy your milk
> from (say) the Eroski supermarket chain you can track it
> easily through the different criteria. Another good feature
> for me is the fact that the underlying values do not clutter
> up the visual presentation but can be retrieved by hovering
> over the sector
> 
> Several of the criteria are inherently continuous but have
> been categorised which seems to me a shame.
> 
> Overall for a newspaper graphic it seemed of good quality
> to me but YMMV.
> 
> 
> > Thanks
> 
> Michael Dewey
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