dots {TeachingDemos}R Documentation

Create a quick dotchart (histogram)

Description

Create a quick dotchart of 1 or 2 datasets. These dotcharts are a poor man's histogram, not the trellis dotplot.

Usage

dots(x,...)
dots2(x, y, colx = "green", coly = "blue", lab1 =
deparse(substitute(x)), lab2 = deparse(substitute(y)),...)

Arguments

x Vector, data to be plotted (should be rounded).
y Vector, second dataset to be plotted.
colx Color of points for x.
coly Color of points for y.
lab1 Label for x.
lab2 Label for y.
... Additional arguments passed to plotting functions.

Details

These functions create basic dotcharts that are quick "back of the envelope" approximations to histograms. Mainly intended for demonstration.

Value

No meaninful value. These functions are run for the side effect of creating a plot.

Author(s)

Greg Snow greg.snow@intermountainmail.org

See Also

dotplot in the lattice package, hist

Examples


dots( round( rnorm(50, 10,3) ) )
dots2( round( rnorm(20, 10,3) ), round(rnorm(20,12,2)) )


[Package TeachingDemos version 1.4 Index]