Skip to content

modifications using “stat_summary” in ggplot

2 messages · michael.eisenring at agroscope.admin.ch, John Kane

#
Dear R-list members
I am using ?stat_summary? in ggplot to plot a  error bar graph comparing three treatmens (damage, see code below).
I would like to change the shape of the three symbols displaying the mean values (e.g one symbol should be a point (default) one should be a triangle and one should be a square). Furthermore, I would like that the outlines of my error bars are black (and that I can fill them with whatever color I want ( I used white, black and gray65).

Does Anyone of you know how to solve these problems?

I use the following code:

line<-ggplot(data,aes(leaf,cor_average,fill=damage, colour=damage))
#define x (leaf) and y (cor_average) variables within aes() and that they should be colored according to damage type
line+stat_summary(fun.y=mean, geom="point", size=3)+
#add mean as point symbol
stat_summary(fun.data=mean_cl_boot,geom="errorbar",width=0.3, size=0.75)+
scale_colour_manual(values=c("white","black","gray65"))+
#add CI : width=width of CI whiskers, size=widht of the CI bar
labs(x="Leaf",y="Average nr. glands corrected for leaf sz.")


Thank you very much,
Michael

Eisenring Michael, Msc.
PhD Student

Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
EAER
Institute of Sustainability Sciences ISS
Biosafety

Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Z?rich
Tel. +41 44 37 77181
Fax +41 44 37 77201
michael.eisenring at agroscope.admin.ch<mailto:michael.eisenring at agroscope.admin.ch>
www.agroscope.ch<http://www.agroscope.ch/>
#
It would really help to have some sample data to see what is happening.  The best way to supply data to the help group is to use dput().  Type >dput for some basic information on using it

Have a look at and/or http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/how-to-make-a-great-r-reproducible-example  for some hints. For this last link it is a good idea to follow the " reproducible example  " link for more concrete suggestions.


By the way calling a data.frame "data" is not a good idea.  Data is a predefined function in R . Type ?data to see what I mean.
John Kane
Kingston ON Canada
____________________________________________________________
FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family!
Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more!