Shane Carey
2013-Mar-29 15:52 UTC
[R] How do you graph data when you have lots of small values but few extremely large values?
I was thinking of splitting the y-axis into two? Is this possible? Thanks -- Shane [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Rich Shepard
2013-Mar-29 15:55 UTC
[R] How do you graph data when you have lots of small values but few extremely large values?
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013, Shane Carey wrote:> I was thinking of splitting the y-axis into two? Is this possible?Shane, Does a boxplot show what you want to display? If not, what information do you wish to convey about these data? Rich
Rich Shepard
2013-Mar-29 16:10 UTC
[R] How do you graph data when you have lots of small values but few extremely large values?
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013, Shane Carey wrote:> Need to try show it as a bar chart or similar,Will a ln(y) transformation meet your needs? Rich
Robert Baer
2013-Mar-29 16:18 UTC
[R] How do you graph data when you have lots of small values but few extremely large values?
On 3/29/2013 10:52 AM, Shane Carey wrote:> I was thinking of splitting the y-axis into two? Is this possible? > > Thanks >Look at the plotrix package and see: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2011-September/290685.html -- Robert W. Baer, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology Kirksille College of Osteopathic Medicine A. T. Still University of Health Sciences Kirksville, MO 63501 USA
John Kane
2013-Mar-29 19:08 UTC
[R] How do you graph data when you have lots of small values but few extremely large values?
The plotrix package provides a way to insert a break into a y-axis but doing so is not considered really good plotting behaviour. The split axis method actually shows the data but human perception has a hard time handling the split. I'd look at some kind of transformation as a possibility or pehaps plotting two graphs or panels (see http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/1764/what-are-alternatives-to-broken-axes). John Kane Kingston ON Canada> -----Original Message----- > From: careyshan at gmail.com > Sent: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:52:17 +0000 > To: r-help at r-project.org > Subject: [R] How do you graph data when you have lots of small values but > few extremely large values? > > I was thinking of splitting the y-axis into two? Is this possible? > > Thanks > > -- > Shane > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop!