Bar plots: dynamite plots
In the video we saw many reasons why "dynamite plots" (bar plots with error bars) are not well suited for their intended purpose of depicting distributions. If you really want error bars on bar plots, you can of course get them, but you'll need to set the positions manually. A point geom will typically serve you much better.
Nonetheless, you should know how to handle these kinds of plots, so let's give it a try.
Cet exercice fait partie du cours
Intermediate Data Visualization with ggplot2
Instructions
- Using
mtcars,
, plotwt
versusfcyl
. - Add a bar summary stat, aggregating the
wt
s by their mean, filling the bars in a skyblue color. - Add an errorbar summary stat, aggregating the
wt
s bymean_sdl
.
Exercice interactif pratique
Essayez cet exercice en complétant cet exemple de code.
# Plot wt vs. fcyl
ggplot(mtcars, aes(x = ___, y = ___)) +
# Add a bar summary stat of means, colored skyblue
stat_summary(fun = ___, geom = "___", fill = "___") +
# Add an errorbar summary stat std deviation limits
stat_summary(fun.data = ___, fun.args = list(mult = 1), geom = "___", width = 0.1)