Presentation of data in Graphical format
That is not enough information for anyone to suggest a useful plot. For a start: * How many observations do you have? * How many difference posts/departments/tasks? * Are the variables nested or crossed? * Have you successfully parsed the time representation into something R can work with? Is the representation inconsistent as in your example? * What is the purpose of the study? What do you want to find out? Maybe you should meet with a local statistical consultant to discuss these issues in person. WARNING: you might have to pay - good advice is not always/seldom/ever free. Hadley
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Sunita Patil <sunitap22 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Sir I had given a sample of my data, As I cannot disclose whole of my data this is just a sample given 1st column: Posts (GM, Secretary, AM, Office Boy) 2nd Column: Dept (Finance, HR, ...) 3rd column: Tasks (Open the door, Fix an appointment, Fill the register, etc.....) depending on the post 4th column: Average Time required to do the task So the sample data would look like Posts ? ? ? ? ? ?Dept ? ? ? ?Task ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Average time Office Boy ? ? ?HR ? ? ? ? ? Open the door ? ? ? ? ?00:00:09 Office Boy????? HR?????????? Switch on the lights? 00:00:10 Secretary ? ? ? Finance ? ?Fix an appointment ? 00.00.30 .... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .... ? ? ? ? ..... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ..... .... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .... ? ? ? ? ..... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ..... .... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .... ? ? ? ? ..... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ..... in my data the 1st column is the main category say suppose "Secretary" the second column is the sub category "HR Dept" the 3rd column is the list of duties performed by the Secretary from HR dept and 4th column is time required to perform the duty so there are many such posts and dept with varied duties and times resp Regards Our Thoughts have the Power to Change our Destiny. Sunita On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:15 PM, hadley wickham <h.wickham at gmail.com> wrote:
Yes I tried all the basic ones like box plot, pie chart, etc but the data representation isnt that clear.
Given that you have neither provided your data, nor explained what you are trying to uncover from it, what sort of advice do you expect to get? Hadley -- http://had.co.nz/