Dear all,
The help page of stem() says that the width argument gives the desired
width of plot. However, I cannot come up with any idea what this width
stays for. This becomes especially difficult if you run these couple
of examples:
The decimal point is 3 digit(s) to the right of the |
0 | 00000000000000000000000000000111111222338
2 | 07
4 | 5
6 | 8
8 | 4
10 | 5
12 |
14 |
16 | 0
> stem(islands, width = 0)
The decimal point is 3 digit(s) to the right of the |
0 | +41
2 | +2
4 | +1
6 | +1
8 | +1
10 | +1
12 |
14 |
16 | +1
The ableve examples are clear, but the below ones are not clear for me:
> stem(islands, width = 10)
The decimal point is 3 digit(s) to the right of the |
0 | +31
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
Note that for width = 10 there are only 10 leaves while there are 48
observations. In fact, taking width = 1, you got 47 leaves; width = 2,
46 leaves, and so on. Look at width = 20:
> stem(islands, width = 20)
The decimal point is 3 digit(s) to the right of the |
0 | 00000000+21
2 | 07
4 | 5
6 | 8
8 | 4
10 | 5
12 |
14 |
16 | 0
Now we have 36 leaves.
Could anyone pleaase clarify what is going on here?
Kind regards,
Marcin