[R] question about boxplot

[Michael Kubovy]

On Feb 22, 2007, at 2:56 PM, Smith, Phil ((CDC/CCID/NCIRD)) wrote:

> boxplot( p.prop ~ R  + bins )
>
> This command makes nice boxplot for the factor "R" crossed with the  
> factor "bins".
>
> I am having alot of trouble getting control of the labels on the X  
> axis. I want to control it more by specifying what the labels are,  
> controling the 'size' of those labels (by using cex), and then  
> control the rotation of the character strings of those labels (by  
> using srt or crt).
>
> There is a "names" argument to boxplot, but I haven't had much luck  
> controlling what it prints, the size of the font, and the character  
> rotation.

Would you consider an easy way out---an alternative with reasonable  
defaults?

data(ToothGrowth)
bwplot(dose ~ len | supp, ToothGrowth)
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