Hi Barry,

Thanks so much for the Junk Charts link. Maybe it'll help me make my case
for why we shouldn't present our data like this.

Susanna

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Barry Rowlingson <
b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Susanna Makela
> <susanna.m.makela@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello R users,
> >
> > I would like to generate "slanted" stacked bar graphs like those on
> > the bottom of pages 1 and 2 in this document:
> >
> http://www.wssinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/resources/JMP-Snapshot-SWA-HLM.pdf
> > . I've also attached the file to this email (pdf). Does anyone know if
> > this is possible in R? I have tried googling and searching the R help
> > archives, and it seems like ggplot2 might be able to make such graphs,
> > but I'm not familiar enough with graphics in R to know for sure.
> >
> > (I personally don't feel that these "slanted" bar graphs - not sure if
> > they have an actual name - convey the intended information very well,
> > but I have to try and make them all the same. However, I am open to
> > alternative suggestions for visualizing similar data if anyone has
> > ideas.)
> >
>
> These exact charts have been critiqued on the Junk Charts blog:
>
> http://junkcharts.typepad.com/junk_charts/2010/02/cousin-misfit.html
>
>  and you'll even find some ggplot code in the comments for doing them.
> If you still want to...
>
>  I just did a google image search for 'ggplot stacked' and there they were.
>
> Barry
>
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