R help - Dec 2009 - Lattice boxplots

Hi All,

I'm familiar with bwplot() in lattice package. Is it possible to get such a
boxplot using lattice package:

http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/publications/graphics/mma-fig1.gif

instead of the following default:

http://media.wiley.com/wires/WICS/WICS22/mfig005.gif

My aim is to get a compact boxplot for publication. Having legend can help
because otherwise x-axis labels are repeated for each rectanglular box.

Thanks,
Peng Cai

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Felix Andrews just today  posted an answer to a question on filling  
the bwplot rectangles with color and using a line instead of a dot for  
the median.

I think you will find it difficult to get the hatching for two related  
reasons, one aesthetic and the other the fact that patterns are not  
readily available. The second reason probably stems from aesthetic  
sensibilities of the graphics experts and the influence of Tufte and  
Cleveland in trying to eliminate the "chartjunk" fostered by Excel.

-- 
David

On Dec 19, 2009, at 5:36 PM, Peng Cai wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm familiar with bwplot() in lattice package. Is it possible to get  
> such a
> boxplot using lattice package:
>
> http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/publications/graphics/mma-fig1.gif
>
> instead of the following default:
>
> http://media.wiley.com/wires/WICS/WICS22/mfig005.gif
>
> My aim is to get a compact boxplot for publication. Having legend  
> can help
> because otherwise x-axis labels are repeated for each rectanglular  
> box.
>
> Thanks,

David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT

The grouped boxplot is one of the features included in the HH package.
An example is posted on my site
http://astro.ocis.temple.edu/~rmh/HH/bwplot-color.pdf


See also the R-help email with an example vaguely similar to yours:
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2009-March/190541.html