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R: Creates histogram, optional rug/strip and density plots, and...

varPlot

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Creates histogram, optional rug/strip and density plots, and generates univariate descriptive statistics

Description

Represents important aspects of a variable/vector both visually (histogram, rug or strip, and density plots) and with descriptive statistics of varying detail

Usage

varPlot(TheVar,  VarName = '', IDs = NULL, AddPoints = 'Strip', 
        AddDensity = TRUE, Detail = 2)

Arguments

`TheVar`	A variable/vector to visualize
`VarName`	The variable name of TheVar as string. Default = ”
`IDs`	Rownames for interactive identification of data points, Default is NULL with no identification done
`AddPoints`	Strip (default), Rug, or None
`AddDensity`	TRUE (default) or FALSE to include density plot
`Detail`	1-3 of increasing detail for descriptives using varDescribe()

Value

Prints descriptive statistics table and creates graphic as side effect. Returns list with Indices, Rownames, and Values if identify is not NULL

Author(s)

John J. Curtin jjcurtin@wisc.edu

Examples

  
varPlot(Prestige$income, 'Income') #default use strip
varPlot(Prestige$income, AddPoints='RUG')
varPlot(Prestige$income, IDs=rownames(Prestige))