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geom_boxplot in ggplot2
How to make a box plot in ggplot2. Examples of box plots in R that are grouped, colored, and display the
underlying data distribution.
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library(plotly)
packageVersion('plotly')
## [1] '4.5.6.9000'
Basic Boxplot
library(plotly)
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set.seed(1234)
dat <- data.frame(cond = factor(rep(c("A","B"), each=200)), rating = c(rnorm(200),rnorm
(200, mean=.8)))
p <- ggplot(dat, aes(x=cond, y=rating)) + geom_boxplot()
p <- ggplotly(p)
# Create a shareable link to your chart
# Set up API credentials: https://plot.ly/r/getting-started
chart_link = plotly_POST(p, filename="geom_boxplot/basic")
chart_link
Colored Boxplot
library(plotly)
set.seed(1234)
dat <- data.frame(cond = factor(rep(c("A","B"), each=200)), rating = c(rnorm(200),rnorm
(200, mean=.8)))
p <- ggplot(dat, aes(x=cond, y=rating, fill=cond)) + geom_boxplot()
p <- ggplotly(p)
# Create a shareable link to your chart
# Set up API credentials: https://plot.ly/r/getting-started
chart_link = plotly_POST(p, filename="geom_boxplot/colored")
chart_link
Flipped Boxplot
library(plotly)
set.seed(1234)
dat <- data.frame(cond = factor(rep(c("A","B"), each=200)), rating = c(rnorm(200),rnorm
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(200, mean=.8)))
p <- ggplot(dat, aes(x=cond, y=rating, fill=cond)) + geom_boxplot() +
guides(fill=FALSE) + coord_flip()
p <- ggplotly(p)
# Create a shareable link to your chart
# Set up API credentials: https://plot.ly/r/getting-started
chart_link = plotly_POST(p, filename="geom_boxplot/flipped")
chart_link
Boxplot w/ Stats
library(plotly)
set.seed(1234)
dat <- data.frame(cond = factor(rep(c("A","B"), each=200)), rating = c(rnorm(200),rnorm
(200, mean=.8)))
p <- ggplot(dat, aes(x=cond, y=rating)) + geom_boxplot() +
stat_summary(fun.y=mean, geom="point", shape=5, size=4)
p <- ggplotly(p)
# Create a shareable link to your chart
# Set up API credentials: https://plot.ly/r/getting-started
chart_link = plotly_POST(p, filename="geom_boxplot/stats")
chart_link
Boxplot Facets
library(plyr)
library(reshape2)
library(plotly)
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set.seed(1234)
x<- rnorm(100)
y.1<-rnorm(100)
y.2<-rnorm(100)
y.3<-rnorm(100)
y.4<-rnorm(100)
df<- (as.data.frame(cbind(x,y.1,y.2,y.3,y.4)))
dfmelt<-melt(df, measure.vars = 2:5)
p <- ggplot(dfmelt, aes(x=factor(round_any(x,0.5)), y=value,fill=variable))+
geom_boxplot()+
facet_grid(.~variable)+
labs(x="X (binned)")+
theme(axis.text.x=element_text(angle=-90, vjust=0.4,hjust=1))
p <- ggplotly(p)
# Create a shareable link to your chart
# Set up API credentials: https://plot.ly/r/getting-started
chart_link = plotly_POST(p, filename="geom_boxplot/facets")
chart_link
Time Series Facets
library(foreign)
library(MASS)
library(Hmisc)
## Error in library(Hmisc): there is no package called 'Hmisc'
library(reshape2)
library(plotly)
dat <- read.dta("http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/data/ologit.dta")
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lapply(dat[, c("apply", "pared", "public")], table)
ftable(xtabs(~ public + apply + pared, data = dat))
p <- ggplot(dat, aes(x = apply, y = gpa)) +
geom_boxplot(size = .75) +
facet_grid(pared ~ public, margins = TRUE)
p <- ggplotly(p)
# Create a shareable link to your chart
# Set up API credentials: https://plot.ly/r/getting-started
chart_link = plotly_POST(p, filename="geom_boxplot/time-series")
chart_link
Outliers
library(plotly)
set.seed(123)
df <- diamonds[sample(1:nrow(diamonds), size = 1000),]
p <- ggplot(df, aes(cut, price, fill = cut)) +
geom_boxplot(outlier.shape = NA) +
ggtitle("Ignore outliers in ggplot2")
# Need to modify the plotly object and make outlier points have opacity equal to 0
p <- plotly_build(p)
p$data <- lapply(p$data, FUN = function(x){
x$marker = list(opacity = 0)
return(x)
})
# Create a shareable link to your chart
# Set up API credentials: https://plot.ly/r/getting-started
chart_link = plotly_POST(p, filename="geom_boxplot/outliers")
chart_link
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Linewidth
library(plotly)
set.seed(123)
df <- diamonds[sample(1:nrow(diamonds), size = 1000),]
p <- ggplot(df, aes(cut, price, fill = cut)) +
geom_boxplot(size = 1) +
ggtitle("Adjust line width of boxplot in ggplot2")
# Need to modify the plotly object to make sure line width is larger than default
p <- plotly_build(p)
p$data <- lapply(p$data, FUN = function(x){
x$line = list(width = 10)
return(x)
})
# Create a shareable link to your chart
# Set up API credentials: https://plot.ly/r/getting-started
chart_link = plotly_POST(p, filename="geom_boxplot/linewidth")
chart_link
Whiskers
library(plotly)
set.seed(123)
df <- diamonds[sample(1:nrow(diamonds), size = 1000),]
# This is how it needs to be done in ggplot
p <- ggplot(df, aes(color, price)) +
stat_boxplot(geom ='errorbar') +
geom_boxplot()+
ggtitle("Add horizontal lines to whiskers using ggplot2")
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# Note that plotly will automatically add horozontal lines to the whiskers
p <- ggplot(df, aes(cut, price, fill = cut)) +
geom_boxplot()+
ggtitle("Add horizontal lines to whiskers using ggplot2")
p <- ggplotly(p)
# Create a shareable link to your chart
# Set up API credentials: https://plot.ly/r/getting-started
chart_link = plotly_POST(p, filename="geom_boxplot/whiskers")
chart_link
These example were inspired by Cookbook for R.
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