[R] Box Plot under GUI (R Commander/RKward)
Vikas Garud
information4vikas at gmail.com
Tue May 17 13:31:02 CEST 2011
Hi,
I am a consultant in Quality Management. I am exploring the use of R
with any GUI - R commander/Rkward for doing analytical work. Have
installed R, R Commander and Rkward.
I hope to learn by doing various exercises that I use for teaching
analytical techniques to my clients. I would be posting the data on
this mailing list, and the rkward mailing list wherever I get stuck.
First such technique I am trying to explore is the use of boxplots.
The data is pasted below:
Season Transporter Distance Tonnage Time
1 1 500 1 17
1 1 500 2 22
1 1 1000 1 23
1 1 1000 2 29
1 1 1500 1 33
1 1 1500 2 38
1 2 500 1 19
1 2 500 2 26
1 2 1000 1 30
1 2 1000 2 35
1 2 1500 1 42
1 2 1500 2 42
2 1 500 1 18
2 1 500 2 24
2 1 1000 1 25
2 1 1000 2 26
2 1 1500 1 35
2 1 1500 2 38
2 2 500 1 21
2 2 500 2 24
2 2 1000 1 28
2 2 1000 2 37
2 2 1500 1 36
2 2 1500 2 44
In this exercise, I am trying to plot box plots of the variable
"Time", the last column and separated by all the other variables-
Season, Transporter, Distance and Tonnage. I expect the output in
form of multiple box plots, arranged side by side so that I can
compare the time performance for, say, season 1, transporter 2,
Distance 500 and tonnage 2 with, say, season 2, transporter 1,
Distance 500 and tonnage 2. The box plot command in R Commander
(Grpahs->Boxplot...) has a button called "plot by groups" presumably
to achieve what I am trying to do. However, on clicking I don't get
any further output. What am I missing? (There is nothing equivalent
to this button under Rkward)
I tried to search the mailing list on box plot, but could not find
anything relevant. I have also searched in manual and seen this type
(or even more complex analysis) being done on terminal. However, I
need to do it under (any) GUI. Any help is highly appreciated.
Thanks
Vikas Garud
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