[R] General Question about Graphics

Peter Flom
Wed, 06 May 2009 18:54:37 -0000

Steve_Friedman at nps.gov wrote
>
>I have encountered a situation with regards to plotting barcharts with
>associated error bars.  My search for clues on how to accomplish this
>turned up some interesting information.  Basically, I found that including
>error bars with barplots is not desirable and hence there appears that
>there is no function to do this.
>
>Can someone offer suggestions on how to do this simple procedure or offer
>an alternative?

Good for finding that out!

If N is large, then I suggest a box plot, if N is not too large, then what R
calls
a stripchart

HTH

Peter

Peter L. Flom, PhD
Statistical Consultant
www DOT peterflomconsulting DOT com