I would like to use R to generate a histogram which has bars of variable bin
width with each bar having an equal number of counts. For example, if the
bin limits are the quartiles, each bar would represent 1/4 of the total
probability in the distribution.
An example of such an equal-probability histogram is presented by Nicholas
Cox at http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/graphics/histvary.html.
Thanks,
Hamish
Hamish Macintyre wrote:> I would like to use R to generate a histogram which has bars of variable bin > width with each bar having an equal number of counts. For example, if the > bin limits are the quartiles, each bar would represent 1/4 of the total > probability in the distribution. > An example of such an equal-probability histogram is presented by Nicholas > Cox at http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/graphics/histvary.html.So you can calculate the quartiles using the quantiles() function and set those quartiles as breaks in hist(). Uwe Ligges> Thanks, > Hamish > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html