One approach is to use the subplot function from the TeachingDemos
package. I could only get everything to line up properly if I specified
the xlim argument to hist directly and the same value as the ylim
argument to boxplot.
Try this:
> x <- rnorm(100)
> library(TeachingDemos)
> hist(x, breaks = 20, main = NULL, ylim = c(-2,
max(hs$counts)),xlim=c(-3,3))
> subplot( boxplot(x, horizontal=T, ylim=c(-3,3),axes=F ),
par('usr')[1:2], c(par('usr')[3],0))
> box()
I have seen things like this in teaching situations, but not much in the
non-academic world.
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Charilaos Skiadas
> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:12 PM
> To: R-Mailingliste
> Subject: [R] Controlling size of boxplot when it is added in a plot
>
> Greetings,
>
> I am trying to add a boxplot to the bottom of a
> histogram, right between the histogram bars and the x axis.
> Here is the code I am using at the moment (the par line is
> probably not relevant for our
> discussion):
>
> hs <- hist(x, breaks = 20, plot = F)
> par(mar = c(3,3,2,1))
> hist(x, breaks = 20, main = NULL, ylim = c(-2,
> max(hs$counts))) boxplot(x, horizontal = T, axes = T, add =
> T, at = -1)
>
> The problem is the following. As it is, the boxplot restricts
> itself to the -1 line. I would like it to occupy both the -1
> and the -2 lines ( I guess more generally I would like to
> control how much vertical space the "embedded boxplot"
> occupies). I tried to set the width parameter in the boxplot,
> but that seemed to have no effect at all.
>
> On an OT note, I haven't seen this way of combining a
> histogram with a boxplot (perhaps I haven't looked really
> hard). I thought it would be useful for my students to see
> them next to each other, to develop a feeling for what
> histograms might correspond to what boxplots. Is there
> perhaps some reason why I should avoid showing those graphs
> to them like that, that I am not aware of? Or just a reason
> why I haven't seen them combined like this much?
>
> TIA
>
> Charilaos Skiadas
> Department of Mathematics
> Hanover College
> P.O.Box 108
> Hanover, IN 47243
>
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