R help - Dec 2015 - Make a box-whiskers plot in R with 5 variables, color coded.

> On 14 Dec 2015, at 22:54 , David Winsemius <dwinsemius at
comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Dec 14, 2015, at 1:34 PM, Dmitri Leybman <dleybman at
gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I have a spreadsheet with five different columns standing for five
>> different variables:
>> 
>> Variable 1 Variable 2 Variable 3 Variable 4 Variable 5 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 7
0 0 1
>> 1 8 2 0 5 5 8 0 0 1 4 8 1 0 4 5 8 0 0 0 1 7 2 1
>> I am trying to create five box and whiskers plots on a single graph
with a
>> five x-label ticks named for each one of
>> the variables along with color coding. The names for the x-label would
be
>> "Meeting"[ pertains to Variable1]
"Meeting2"[pertains to Variable 2]
>> Meeting3[pertains to Variable 3], Meeting4[pertains to Variable4],
>> Meeting5[pertains to Variable5].
>> 
>> I have tried:
>> 
>> boxplot(data, las = 2, col >> c("red",
"blue", "black", "aquamarine1",
"darkorange3")
>> , at = c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5), par(mar = c(12, 5, 4, 2) + 0.1),
>> names = c("Meeting 1", "'Meeting2",
>                         ^
> Extra single quote about here
> 
Hmm, at face value, that should just become part of the label...
> 
>> "Meeting3", "Meeting4","Meeting5")
>> 
>> 
>> Error: unexpected string constant in:
>> "boxplot(data, las=2, col= c('red', 'blue',
'red', 'red', red')
>> boxplot(data, las=2, col= c('"

...but the error message doesn't match the input, which is lacking a right
parenthesis. So is there a previous incomplete command maybe, or are we just
being shown random snippets of things that didn't work??

I think we need to see a full transcript

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Apologies for the HTML.

This is the initial snippet of the values:

Var1 Var2 Var3 Var4 Var5
0 0 7 1 0
0 0 7 0 0
1 1 8 2 0
5 5 8 0 0
1 4 8 1 0
4 5 8 0 0
0 1 7 2 1
5 1 7 0 0
2 4 9 0 1
1 2 9 2 NA
1 5 7 1 0
4 1 8 0 0
2 7 7 1 0
7 7 6 2 NA
5 2 7 0 0
0 1 7 0 4
1 3 8 1 0
1 5 7 2 0
7 2 8 0 0
7 0 8 2 0
7 5 8 2 0
2 0 9 1 0
1 6 8 1 0
3 4 7 0 2



I have tried:


   boxplot(data, las = 2, col 
   c("red", "blue", "black",
"aquamarine1", "darkorange3"),

   at = c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5), par(mar = c(12, 5, 4, 2) + 0.1),

   names = c("Meeting1", "Meeting2", "Meeting3",
"Meeting4","Meeting5")


and have gotten a '+' at the end meaning I am missing something.


I used a modify version of the code I found on R-Help for Box-Whiskers plot
formation <http://www.r-bloggers.com/box-plot-with-r-tutorial/>


The code this blogger used was

       boxplot(data, ylab =?Oxigen (%)?, xlab =?Time?, las = 2,

       col 
c(?red?,?sienna?,?palevioletred1?,?royalblue2?,?red?,?sienna?,?palevioletred1?,

       ?royalblue2?,?red?,?sienna?,?palevioletred1?,?royalblue2?),

        at = c(1,2,3,4,  6,7,8,9, 11,12,13,14), par(mar = c(12, 5, 4, 2) +
0.1),

        names = c(?Station 1?,?Station 2?,?Station 3?,?Station 4?,?Station


        1?,?Station 2?,?Station 3?,?Station 4?,?Station 1?,?Station
2?,?Station

         3?,?Station 4?))


I am trying to use the code above to create a five different
box-and-whiskers plots color-coded. I don't need the "Station 1"
or
"Station 2" labels but I used this code as a starting point for the
code I
wanted write.  .


I wanted the y-axis to read "Number of People Attended" instead of
"Oxigen
(%)"


and the x-axis to refer to the particular meeting in question:


   Meeting1, Meeting2, Meeting3, Meeting4, Meeting5


which corresponds to variables var1, var2, var3, var4, var5.


Each of the box and whiskers would show the median number, along with
interquartile values, of each of these Meetings. The color coding is not
necessarily but I think would make it a bit easier to read for observers.

I apologize again for the convoluted reply and the HTML error.


On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 5:42 PM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > On 14 Dec 2015, at 22:54 , David Winsemius <dwinsemius at
comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Dec 14, 2015, at 1:34 PM, Dmitri Leybman <dleybman at
gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I have a spreadsheet with five different columns standing for five
> >> different variables:
> >>
> >> Variable 1 Variable 2 Variable 3 Variable 4 Variable 5 0 0 7 1 0 0
0 7
> 0 0 1
> >> 1 8 2 0 5 5 8 0 0 1 4 8 1 0 4 5 8 0 0 0 1 7 2 1
> >> I am trying to create five box and whiskers plots on a single
graph
> with a
> >> five x-label ticks named for each one of
> >> the variables along with color coding. The names for the x-label
would
> be
> >> "Meeting"[ pertains to Variable1]
"Meeting2"[pertains to Variable 2]
> >> Meeting3[pertains to Variable 3], Meeting4[pertains to Variable4],
> >> Meeting5[pertains to Variable5].
> >>
> >> I have tried:
> >>
> >> boxplot(data, las = 2, col > >> c("red",
"blue", "black", "aquamarine1",
"darkorange3")
> >> , at = c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5), par(mar = c(12, 5, 4, 2) + 0.1),
> >> names = c("Meeting 1", "'Meeting2",
> >                         ^
> > Extra single quote about here
> >
>
> Hmm, at face value, that should just become part of the label...
>
> >
> >> "Meeting3", "Meeting4","Meeting5")
> >>
> >>
> >> Error: unexpected string constant in:
> >> "boxplot(data, las=2, col= c('red', 'blue',
'red', 'red', red')
> >> boxplot(data, las=2, col= c('"
>
>
> ...but the error message doesn't match the input, which is lacking a
right
> parenthesis. So is there a previous incomplete command maybe, or are we
> just being shown random snippets of things that didn't work??
>
> I think we need to see a full transcript
>
>
> >>
> >>      [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> >>
>
>
> ...and PLEASE in plain text, not HTML.
>
> >> ______________________________________________
> >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more,
see
> >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
> >
> > David Winsemius
> > Alameda, CA, USA
> >
> > ______________________________________________
> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
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> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
> --
> Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
> Phone: (+45)38153501
> Office: A 4.23
> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> I have tried:
> 
>    boxplot(data, las = 2, col >    c("red", "blue",
"black", "aquamarine1", "darkorange3"),
>    at = c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5), par(mar = c(12, 5, 4, 2) + 0.1),
>    names = c("Meeting1", "Meeting2",
"Meeting3", "Meeting4","Meeting5")
> 
> and have gotten a '+' at the end meaning I am missing something.
You are missing the closing bracket on the boxplot() command.
Just finish with a ')'

S Ellison


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Hi

I do not see any problem. Due to HTML posting we are not able to decipher what
you are missing. Probably right parentheses.

I would start from beginning by

boxplot(data)

and gradually add required colour and other items to your boxplot.

Cheers
Petr
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Dmitri
> Leybman
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 4:06 PM
> To: peter dalgaard; r-help at r-project.org; dwinsemius at comcast.net
> Subject: Re: [R] Make a box-whiskers plot in R with 5 variables, color
> coded.
>
> Apologies for the HTML.
>
> This is the initial snippet of the values:
>
> Var1 Var2 Var3 Var4 Var5
> 0 0 7 1 0
> 0 0 7 0 0
> 1 1 8 2 0
> 5 5 8 0 0
> 1 4 8 1 0
> 4 5 8 0 0
> 0 1 7 2 1
> 5 1 7 0 0
> 2 4 9 0 1
> 1 2 9 2 NA
> 1 5 7 1 0
> 4 1 8 0 0
> 2 7 7 1 0
> 7 7 6 2 NA
> 5 2 7 0 0
> 0 1 7 0 4
> 1 3 8 1 0
> 1 5 7 2 0
> 7 2 8 0 0
> 7 0 8 2 0
> 7 5 8 2 0
> 2 0 9 1 0
> 1 6 8 1 0
> 3 4 7 0 2
>
>
>
> I have tried:
>
>
>    boxplot(data, las = 2, col >
>    c("red", "blue", "black",
"aquamarine1", "darkorange3"),
>
>    at = c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5), par(mar = c(12, 5, 4, 2) + 0.1),
>
>    names = c("Meeting1", "Meeting2",
"Meeting3", "Meeting4","Meeting5")
>
>
> and have gotten a '+' at the end meaning I am missing something.
>
>
> I used a modify version of the code I found on R-Help for Box-Whiskers
> plot formation <http://www.r-bloggers.com/box-plot-with-r-tutorial/>
>
>
> The code this blogger used was
>
>        boxplot(data, ylab =?Oxigen (%)?, xlab =?Time?, las = 2,
>
>        col >
> c(?red?,?sienna?,?palevioletred1?,?royalblue2?,?red?,?sienna?,?paleviol
> etred1?,
>
>        ?royalblue2?,?red?,?sienna?,?palevioletred1?,?royalblue2?),
>
>         at = c(1,2,3,4,  6,7,8,9, 11,12,13,14), par(mar = c(12, 5, 4,
> 2) + 0.1),
>
>         names = c(?Station 1?,?Station 2?,?Station 3?,?Station
> 4?,?Station
>
>
>         1?,?Station 2?,?Station 3?,?Station 4?,?Station 1?,?Station
> 2?,?Station
>
>          3?,?Station 4?))
>
>
> I am trying to use the code above to create a five different box-and-
> whiskers plots color-coded. I don't need the "Station 1" or
"Station 2"
> labels but I used this code as a starting point for the code I wanted
> write.  .
>
>
> I wanted the y-axis to read "Number of People Attended" instead
of
> "Oxigen (%)"
>
>
> and the x-axis to refer to the particular meeting in question:
>
>
>    Meeting1, Meeting2, Meeting3, Meeting4, Meeting5
>
>
> which corresponds to variables var1, var2, var3, var4, var5.
>
>
> Each of the box and whiskers would show the median number, along with
> interquartile values, of each of these Meetings. The color coding is
> not necessarily but I think would make it a bit easier to read for
> observers.
>
> I apologize again for the convoluted reply and the HTML error.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 5:42 PM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > > On 14 Dec 2015, at 22:54 , David Winsemius <dwinsemius at
comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> On Dec 14, 2015, at 1:34 PM, Dmitri Leybman <dleybman at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I have a spreadsheet with five different columns standing for
five
> > >> different variables:
> > >>
> > >> Variable 1 Variable 2 Variable 3 Variable 4 Variable 5 0 0 7
1 0 0
> > >> 0 7
> > 0 0 1
> > >> 1 8 2 0 5 5 8 0 0 1 4 8 1 0 4 5 8 0 0 0 1 7 2 1 I am trying
to
> > >> create five box and whiskers plots on a single graph
> > with a
> > >> five x-label ticks named for each one of the variables along
with
> > >> color coding. The names for the x-label would
> > be
> > >> "Meeting"[ pertains to Variable1]
"Meeting2"[pertains to Variable
> > >> 2] Meeting3[pertains to Variable 3], Meeting4[pertains to
> > >> Variable4], Meeting5[pertains to Variable5].
> > >>
> > >> I have tried:
> > >>
> > >> boxplot(data, las = 2, col > > >>
c("red", "blue", "black", "aquamarine1",
"darkorange3") , at > c(1,
> > >> 2, 3, 4, 5), par(mar = c(12, 5, 4, 2) + 0.1), names =
c("Meeting
> > >> 1", "'Meeting2",
> > >                         ^
> > > Extra single quote about here
> > >
> >
> > Hmm, at face value, that should just become part of the label...
> >
> > >
> > >> "Meeting3",
"Meeting4","Meeting5")
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Error: unexpected string constant in:
> > >> "boxplot(data, las=2, col= c('red',
'blue', 'red', 'red', red')
> > >> boxplot(data, las=2, col= c('"
> >
> >
> > ...but the error message doesn't match the input, which is lacking
a
> > right parenthesis. So is there a previous incomplete command maybe,
> or
> > are we just being shown random snippets of things that didn't
work??
> >
> > I think we need to see a full transcript
> >
> >
> > >>
> > >>      [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> > >>
> >
> >
> > ...and PLEASE in plain text, not HTML.
> >
> > >> ______________________________________________
> > >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and
more, see
> > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide
> > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible
code.
> > >
> > > David Winsemius
> > > Alameda, CA, USA
> > >
> > > ______________________________________________
> > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more,
see
> > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> > > PLEASE do read the posting guide
> > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible
code.
> >
> > --
> > Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
> > Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3,
> > 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
> > Phone: (+45)38153501
> > Office: A 4.23
> > Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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>
> ______________________________________________
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