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head(mtcars)
## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
## Mazda RX4 21.0 6 160 110 3.90 2.620 16.46 0 1 4 4
## Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0 6 160 110 3.90 2.875 17.02 0 1 4 4
## Datsun 710 22.8 4 108 93 3.85 2.320 18.61 1 1 4 1
## Hornet 4 Drive 21.4 6 258 110 3.08 3.215 19.44 1 0 3 1
## Hornet Sportabout 18.7 8 360 175 3.15 3.440 17.02 0 0 3 2
## Valiant 18.1 6 225 105 2.76 3.460 20.22 1 0 3 1
# Load library
library(ggplot2)
## Warning: package 'ggplot2' was built under R version 4.4.3
# Plot
ggplot(mtcars, aes(x = hp, y = mpg, color = factor(cyl), shape = factor(cyl))) +
geom_point(size = 3) + # Size and shape of points
scale_x_continuous(name = "Horsepower (hp)", breaks = seq(50, 350, 50)) + # X-axis
scale_y_continuous(name = "Miles per Gallon (mpg)", breaks = seq(10, 35, 5)) + # Y-axis
labs(
title = "Relationship Between Horsepower and Fuel Efficiency",
subtitle = "Scatter plot using mtcars dataset",
caption = "Source: Motor Trend US magazine (1974)",
color = "Number of Cylinders",
shape = "Number of Cylinders"
) +
# Custom colors for each cylinder category
scale_color_manual(values = c("4" = "steelblue", "6" = "forestgreen", "8" = "firebrick")) +
# Clean minimal theme with enhancements
theme_minimal(base_size = 14) +
theme(
plot.title = element_text(face = "bold", size = 16, color = "darkblue"),
plot.subtitle = element_text(size = 12, face = "italic"),
axis.title = element_text(size = 13),
axis.text = element_text(size = 11),
legend.position = "bottom"
)
