In this post, we will learn how to order bars in a barplot using ggplot2 in R. When we make barplot with ggplot2 on a character variable it places the group in alphabetical order. Here we will learn to use two functions, reorder() from base R and fct_reorder() function from … [Read more...] about How to Reorder bars in barplot with ggplot2 in R
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How To Make Barplots with ggplot2 in R?
Barplots are a popular graphics that is widely used to show categorical data with retangular bars whose height represent the quantitative value the variable. In this post we will see multiple examples of making bar plots using ggplot2 in R. Let us first load tidyverse, a … [Read more...] about How To Make Barplots with ggplot2 in R?
How to Make Boxplots with ggplot2 in R?
A boxplot is one of the simplest ways to summarize and visualize a distribution. Boxplots have been around for close to 50 years. The earliest form of Boxplot was invented by Mary Eleanor Spear as range plot and then John Tukey created box-and-whisker plot that uses quartiles of … [Read more...] about How to Make Boxplots with ggplot2 in R?
How To Change Axis Label, Set Title and Subtitle in ggplot2
One of the key ingredients of a good plot is providing enough information on the plot to help convey the message in the plot. In this post we will examples of how to change x-axis and y-axis labels in a plot made with ggplot2 in R. And then we will see how to change axis … [Read more...] about How To Change Axis Label, Set Title and Subtitle in ggplot2
How To Change Axis Font Size with ggplot2 in R?
A plot or graphics made without legible x-axis and y-axis labels is a worthless plot. ggplot2 in R makes it easy to change the font size of axis labels. In this post, we will see examples of how to increase the font size of x and y-axis labels in R, including the tick mark … [Read more...] about How To Change Axis Font Size with ggplot2 in R?