[R] Bubble chart

[David Winsemius]

On Mar 22, 2012, at 12:22 AM, ens wrote:

> I have a matrix of p-values for for each explanatory variable. Each  
> row is an
> area of the response variable and each column is an explanatory  
> variable.
>
> e.g.
>   PSA   pval_DOY pval_PDSIconcurrent  
> pval_PDSIantecedent_annual_average
> pval_TMAXanomaly pval_FM100anomaly
> 1 NC06 0.96747495           0.6092668                          
> 0.53353019
> 0.9301115        0.99801334
> 2 NC04 0.04699659           0.2759152                          
> 0.07024752
> 0.6046828        0.03224094
> 3 NC01 0.71437394           0.9979173                          
> 0.85296024
> 0.9977558        0.99833623
> 4 NC08 0.67315904           0.9970511                          
> 0.51756714
> 0.7809994        0.99626038
> 5 NC07 0.55221280           0.5784208                          
> 0.43975219
> 0.3669491        0.34898877
> 6 NC05 0.52089881           0.7191645                          
> 0.91972153
> 0.4487460        0.94922430
>
> I want to create a visual display such that instead of #s for the p- 
> values,
> I have a circle sized to represent the size of the p-value.

Wouldn't that convey exactly the wrong information? Unless that is p- 
value has some sort of non-statistical meaning?

-- 
David.
>
> symbolys() is what I've found to do this, but it isn't clear to me  
> how to
> format the input for the function.
>
> Any suggestions? or help? Even a link if someone else has asked the  
> question
> and it's been answered would be helpful.
>
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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT