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kayj

2008-Jul-30 22:14 UTC

[R] barplot for a categorial variable

Hi all,

I have data with several columns and rows. one of the column is "Type"
that
can be either A, B, C or D.
I need to plot the "Type" variable as a bar plot where the x axis is
the
type A, B ,C or D and the y axis shows the percentage. I was not able to get
a bar plot. it seems that I need to convert the categorial variable into
numeric values. Is there any way how to get the bar plot without doing the
conversion,

Thanks 
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Bill.Venables at csiro.au

2008-Jul-31 00:18 UTC

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[R] barplot for a categorial variable

Try

with(yourData, barplot(table(Type)))

or, if you really want percentages something like

with(yourData, barplot(table(Type)/length(Type)*100, ylab
"Percentage"))

(BTW, it would be nice to know who you are.)


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Hi all,

I have data with several columns and rows. one of the column is "Type"
that
can be either A, B, C or D.
I need to plot the "Type" variable as a bar plot where the x axis is
the
type A, B ,C or D and the y axis shows the percentage. I was not able to
get
a bar plot. it seems that I need to convert the categorial variable into
numeric values. Is there any way how to get the bar plot without doing
the
conversion,

Thanks 
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http://www.nabble.com/barplot-for-a-categorial-variable-tp18743744p18743
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R help - Jul 2008 - barplot for a categorial variable

[R] barplot for a categorial variable

[R] barplot for a categorial variable