try something like this: x <- rnorm(10000) # op <- par(mar=c(2,2,2,2), oma=c(0,0,0,0)+.8)
op <- par(mar=c(2, 2, 2, 2), oma=c(0,0,0,0)+.8) layout(matrix(c( 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3), 5, 6, byrow=TRUE)) # 2 2 2 3 3 3 # 1 1 1 3 3 3 # 1 1 1 3 3 3 # 1 1 1 3 3 3 # 1st Plot hist(x, probability=TRUE, breaks=20, col="light blue", main="", xlab="Density" ) rug(jitter(x, 5)) points(density(x), type='l', lwd=3, col='red') box() # 2nd Plot #par(mar=c(0,0,0,0), oma=c(0,0,0,0)+.2) #boxplot( x, horizontal=T, col="white", xaxt='n', yaxt='n') boxplot(x, horizontal = TRUE, col = "pink", lwd=1, xaxt='n', yaxt='n') box(col="white") #par(op) # 3rd Plot #par(mar=c(1,1,1,1), oma=c(0,0,0,0)+.8) qqnorm(x, , main="") qqline(x, col="red", lwd=3) kurtosis_val <-(sum((x-mean(x))^4 ))/(var(x)*var(x))/length(x)-3 skewness<-function(x) { m_skew=mean(x) me_skew=median(x) s_skew=sqrt(var(x)) sk_skew=(m_skew-me_skew)/s_skew return(sk_skew) } plot(0,0, axes=FALSE, type='n') title_text<-c("Title Text", "\nMean = ", format(mean(x), digits=4, scientific=F), " Standard Deviation = ", format(sd(x), digits=4, scientific=F),"\n Skewness = ", format(skewness(x), digits=4, scientific=F), "Kurtosis =", format(kurtosis_val, digits=4, scientific=F)) text(0,0, paste(title_text, collapse=''), adj=c(.5,.5), cex=1.2, col="red") On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Jason Rupert <jasonkrup...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > The code I'm using is shown below. > > I would like to have a larger median at the top of the plot so that I can > show the entirity of "title_text". > > Several times I tried messing with "par(mar", but that seemed to make matters > worse. > > By any chance can anyone provide any insight as to the best way to increase > the top/upper/northern margin, so the entirity of the title is visible? > > Thank you again for any help that can be provided. > > > x <- rnorm(10000) > # op <- par(mar=c(2,2,2,2), oma=c(0,0,0,0)+.8) > > op <- par(mar=c(2, 2, 2, 2), oma=c(0,0,0,0)+.8) > layout(matrix(c(2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, > 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, > 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, > 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3), 4, 6, byrow=TRUE)) > # 2 2 2 3 3 3 > # 1 1 1 3 3 3 > # 1 1 1 3 3 3 > # 1 1 1 3 3 3 > > # 1st Plot > hist(x, probability=TRUE, breaks=20, col="light blue", main="", > xlab="Density" ) > rug(jitter(x, 5)) > points(density(x), type='l', lwd=3, col='red') > box() > > # 2nd Plot > #par(mar=c(0,0,0,0), oma=c(0,0,0,0)+.2) > #boxplot( x, horizontal=T, col="white", xaxt='n', yaxt='n') > boxplot(x, horizontal = TRUE, col = "pink", lwd=1, xaxt='n', yaxt='n') > box(col="white") > > #par(op) > # 3rd Plot > #par(mar=c(1,1,1,1), oma=c(0,0,0,0)+.8) > qqnorm(x, , main="") > qqline(x, col="red", lwd=3) > > kurtosis_val <-(sum((x-mean(x))^4 ))/(var(x)*var(x))/length(x)-3 > > skewness<-function(x) > { > m_skew=mean(x) > me_skew=median(x) > s_skew=sqrt(var(x)) > sk_skew=(m_skew-me_skew)/s_skew > return(sk_skew) > } > > title_text<-c("Title Text", "\nMean = ", format(mean(x), digits=4, > scientific=F), " Standard Deviation = ", format(sd(x), digits=4, > scientific=F),"\n Skewness = ", format(skewness(x), digits=4, scientific=F), > "Kurtosis =", format(kurtosis_val, digits=4, scientific=F)) > > mtext(title_text, NORTH<-3, line=0, adj=0.5, cex=1.2, col="red", outer=TRUE) > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.