Using ggplot’s stat_summary

Some grouped data

data(ToothGrowth)
ToothGrowth$dose <- factor(ToothGrowth$dose)

Standard plot of means w/ error bars

w/ stat_summary(…geom = “pointrange”)

library(ggplot2)
ggplot(ToothGrowth, 
       aes(y = len, x = supp, colour = dose, group = dose)) + 
  stat_summary(fun.y = mean,
               fun.ymin = function(x) mean(x) - sd(x), 
               fun.ymax = function(x) mean(x) + sd(x), 
               geom = "pointrange") +
  stat_summary(fun.y = mean,
               geom = "line")

Plot just means

w/ geom = “point”

ggplot(ToothGrowth, aes(y = len, x = supp, colour = dose, group = dose)) + 
  stat_summary(fun.y = mean,
               geom = "point") +
  stat_summary(fun.y = mean,
               geom = "line")