library(ggplot2)Program 13
USN
1NT24IS227
RPubs Link
https://rpubs.com/Stephen__/1421978
Objective
To create multiple dot plots for grouped data using ggplot2, and compare distributions across different categories.
Step 1: Load Required Package
Step 2
data(mtcars)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
str(mtcars)'data.frame': 32 obs. of 11 variables:
$ mpg : num 21 21 22.8 21.4 18.7 18.1 14.3 24.4 22.8 19.2 ...
$ cyl : num 6 6 4 6 8 6 8 4 4 6 ...
$ disp: num 160 160 108 258 360 ...
$ hp : num 110 110 93 110 175 105 245 62 95 123 ...
$ drat: num 3.9 3.9 3.85 3.08 3.15 2.76 3.21 3.69 3.92 3.92 ...
$ wt : num 2.62 2.88 2.32 3.21 3.44 ...
$ qsec: num 16.5 17 18.6 19.4 17 ...
$ vs : num 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 ...
$ am : num 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
$ gear: num 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 ...
$ carb: num 4 4 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 4 ...
Step 3
ggplot(mtcars, aes(x = as.factor(cyl), y = mpg)) +
geom_dotplot(
binaxis = "y",
stackdir = "center",
fill = "skyblue",
dotsize = 1
) +
labs(
title = "Dot Plot of Mileage by Cylinder Groups",
x = "Number of Cylinders",
y = "Miles per Gallon (mpg)"
) +
theme_minimal()Bin width defaults to 1/30 of the range of the data. Pick better value with
`binwidth`.
Step 4
ggplot(mtcars, aes(x = as.factor(cyl), y = mpg, fill = as.factor(cyl))) +
geom_dotplot(
binaxis = "y",
stackdir = "center",
dotsize = 1
) +
labs(
title = "Grouped Dot Plot of Mileage",
x = "Number of Cylinders",
y = "Miles per Gallon (mpg)",
fill = "Cylinders"
) +
theme_minimal()Bin width defaults to 1/30 of the range of the data. Pick better value with
`binwidth`.