Hi,
I have a fairly elementary problem that I am unable to figure out. I have a
continuous variable, Y, repeatedly measured at multiple times, T. The variable
T is however is coded as a factor variable having these levels: c("Presurgery",
"Day 30", "Day 60", "Day 180", "Day 365").
When I plot the boxplot, e.g., boxplot(Y ~ T), it displays the boxes in this
order: c("Day 180", "Day 30", "Day 365", "Day 60", "Presurgery").
Is there a way to control the order of the boxes such that they are plotted in
a particular order that I want, for example: c("Presurgery", "Day 30", "Day
60", "Day 180", "Day 365")?
More generally, is there a simple way to redefine the ordering of the
categorical variable such that this ordering will be used in whatever operation
is done? I looked at relevel, reorder, etc., but they did not seem to be
applicable to my problem.
Thanks for any help.
Best,
Ravi
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