Hadley Your point is valid and well taken. However, the break still shows how far off the value is from the distribution (I intend to add a note to draw a readers attention to this). Anyhow, like I said, I will try the two ideas shared on the list and make a note of what works best for me.
Many thanks Ronnie hadley wickham wrote: >> Without any options, plot.density spreads out nicely, however, naturally, >> the line I want to add is not plotted since it >> is well outside the range automatically determined by plot.density hence the >> need to add xlim however this produces >> something I dont find aesthetically appealing. The plot is squeezed out into >> a very lean "bell" shape. > > > Using a broken axis is not a good solution to this problem (and there > are very few times that using a broken axis is a good idea) > > It sounds like you are trying to compare a reference value to a > distribution. To do this visually they both need to be on the same > scale, so that you can see the distance between the reference value > and the distribution. > > Although it may not be aesthetically pleasing, it is true to the data. > > Hadley > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
