R help - Apr 2012 - slanted stacked bar graphs?

Hello R users,

I would like to generate "slanted" stacked bar graphs like those on
the bottom of pages 1 and 2 in this document:
http://www.wssinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/resources/JMP-Snapshot-SWA-HLM.pdf
. I've also attached the file to this email (pdf). Does anyone know if
this is possible in R? I have tried googling and searching the R help
archives, and it seems like ggplot2 might be able to make such graphs,
but I'm not familiar enough with graphics in R to know for sure.

(I personally don't feel that these "slanted" bar graphs - not
sure if
they have an actual name - convey the intended information very well,
but I have to try and make them all the same. However, I am open to
alternative suggestions for visualizing similar data if anyone has
ideas.)

Thanks,
Susanna
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On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Susanna Makela
<susanna.m.makela at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello R users,
>
> I would like to generate "slanted" stacked bar graphs like those
on
> the bottom of pages 1 and 2 in this document:
>
http://www.wssinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/resources/JMP-Snapshot-SWA-HLM.pdf
> . I've also attached the file to this email (pdf). Does anyone know if
> this is possible in R? I have tried googling and searching the R help
> archives, and it seems like ggplot2 might be able to make such graphs,
> but I'm not familiar enough with graphics in R to know for sure.
>
> (I personally don't feel that these "slanted" bar graphs -
not sure if
> they have an actual name - convey the intended information very well,
> but I have to try and make them all the same. However, I am open to
> alternative suggestions for visualizing similar data if anyone has
> ideas.)
>
These exact charts have been critiqued on the Junk Charts blog:

http://junkcharts.typepad.com/junk_charts/2010/02/cousin-misfit.html

 and you'll even find some ggplot code in the comments for doing them.
If you still want to...

 I just did a google image search for 'ggplot stacked' and there they
were.

Barry

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