On 2006-10-13 10:55, David Barron wrote: > First, produce two barplots for comparison: > >> par(mfrow=c(2,1) ) >> barplot(VADeaths,beside=TRUE) >> barplot(VADeaths) > > The same information is in both plots; in the top, it is displayed as > 5 separate bars for each group, and in the stacked plot it is shown as > 5 separate regions in each of the four bars. The hight of each of > these regions is the same as the hight of the corresponding bar in the > side-by-side plot. The stacked plot enables you to see overall > differences more easily (easier to see that the death rate is highest > for Urban Males), but it is harder to compare the sizes of the > categories.
Take a look at ?spineplot. HTH, Henric > > On 13/10/06, laba diena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I`ve read all the manuals and still couln`t find what is the difference >> between the stacked and side-by-side barplots ? Could you explain me ? >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.