[R] Presentation of data in Graphical format

[Petr PIKAL]

Hi

r-help-bounces at r-project.org napsal dne 18.11.2009 16:01:27:

> Yes I tried all the basic ones like box plot, pie chart, etc but the 
data
> representation isnt that clear.
> 

I agree with Tal. But it partly depends on your data. If you have many 
levels and only few time values in each boxplot would not look well. Maybe 
you could check also ?xtabs or ?table and/or R graph gallery 
http://addictedtor.free.fr/graphiques/ if you find suitable graph.

Regards
Petr

 

> 
> Regards
> 
> Our Thoughts have the Power to Change our Destiny.
> Sunita
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Tal Galili <tal.galili at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> 
> > I would start with
> > ?boxplot
> >
> >
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> >
> > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Sunita Patil <sunitap22 at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >
> >> Thanx
> >>
> >> but I am not able to find a graph that wud suit my data
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Our Thoughts have the Power to Change our Destiny.
> >> Sunita
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:54 PM, milton ruser <milton.ruser at gmail.com
> >> >wrote:
> >>
> >> > Google "R graph grallery"
> >> > Google "R ggplot2"
> >> > Google "R lattice"
> >> >
> >> > and good luck
> >> >
> >> > milton
> >> > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Sunita22 <sunitap22 at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Hello
> >> >>
> >> >> My data contains following columns:
> >> >>
> >> >> 1st column: Posts (GM, Secretary, AM, Office Boy)
> >> >> 2nd Column: Dept (Finance, HR, ...)
> >> >> 3rd column: Tasks (Open the door, Fix an appointment, Fill the
> >> register,
> >> >> etc.....) depending on the post
> >> >> 4th column: Average Time required to do the task
> >> >>
> >> >> So the sample data would look like
> >> >> Posts            Dept        Task                       Average 
time
> >> >> Office Boy      HR           Open the door          00:00:09
> >> >> Secretary       Finance    Fix an appointment    00.00.30
> >> >> ....                .....          ..... .....
> >> >>
> >> >> I am trying to represent this data in Graphical format, I tried 
graphs
> >> >> like
> >> >> Mosaic plot, etc. But it does not represent the data correctly. My 
aim
> >> is
> >> >> to
> >> >> check the "amount of time and its variability for groups of tasks"
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you in advance
> >> >> Regards
> >> >> Sunita
> >> >>
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