[R] How am i able to create Box plots of a factor (weight) separated by other factors (breed)?

[John Kane]

Oops missed the links.  Once more...
https://github.com/hadley/devtools/wiki/Reproducibility
 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/how-to-make-a-great-r-reproducible-example
http://xkcd.com/1478/

John Kane
Kingston ON Canada


> -----Original Message-----
> From: jrkrideau at inbox.com
> Sent: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 04:53:39 -0800
> To: lyle00 at gmail.com, r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] How am i able to create Box plots of a factor (weight)
> separated by other factors (breed)?
> 
> As a follow up to Thierry's response.
> 
> With data as dat1
> 
> dat1  <-  structure(list(id = 1:12, weight = c(453L, 527L, 520L, 460L,
> 496L, 461L, 519L, 472L, 531L, 473L, 509L, 503L), breed = c("brahman",
> "brahman", "brahman", "brahman", "durham", "durham", "durham",
> "durham", "durham", "durham", "durham", "durham")), .Names = c("id",
> "weight", "breed"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -12L
> ))
> 
> library(ggplot2)
> ggplot(dat1, aes(breed, weight)) +
>       geom_boxplot()
> library(ggplot2)
> ggplot(dat1, aes(breed, weight)) +
>       geom_boxplot()
> 
> I would note that it is difficult to break down the data by breed when
> your sample data only included brahman as a breed.  In the sample data
> above I changed a few entries to my favourite breed of Durham.
> 
> Have a look at one (or both) of these links for some useful suggestions
> on how to ask questions on R-help.  In particular, read about dput.  It
> is by far the best way to supply sample data for the readers.
> 
> Good luck
> 
> John Kane
> Kingston ON Canada
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lyle00 at gmail.com
>> Sent: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:50:22 +1100
>> To: r-help at r-project.org
>> Subject: [R] How am i able to create Box plots of a factor (weight)
>> separated by other factors (breed)?
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I have data with columns for animal ID, breed, and weight.
>>> 
>>> I'd like to create a box plot of weight, separated by breed (there are
>>> 4
>>> breeds).
>>> 
>>> Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> Here's a sample of the data (there are 100 rows):
>>> 
>>> id      weight  breed
>>> 1       453     brahman
>>> 2       527     brahman
>>> 3       520     brahman
>>> 4       460     brahman
>>> 5       496     brahman
>>> 6       461     brahman
>>> 7       519     brahman
>>> 8       472     brahman
>>> 9       531     brahman
>>> 10      473     brahman
>>> 11      509     brahman
>>> 12      503     brahman
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your help!
>>> 
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