Plots a Dice-Leraas diagram.
Usage
plot_diceleraas(object, ...)
# S4 method for matrix
plot_diceleraas(object)
# S4 method for data.frame
plot_diceleraas(object)
Arguments
- object
A \(m \times p\)
numeric
matrix
ordata.frame
of count data (absolute frequencies giving the number of individuals for each class).- ...
Currently not used.
Value
A ggplot2::ggplot object.
Details
In a Dice-Leraas diagram, the horizontal line represents the range of data (min-max) and the small vertical line indicates the mean. The black rectangle is twice the standard error on the mean, while the white rectangle is one standard deviation on either side of the mean.
References
Dice, L. R., & Leraas, H. J. (1936). A Graphic Method for Comparing Several Sets of Measurements. Contributions from the Laboratory of Vertebrate Genetics, 3: 1-3.
Hubbs, C. L., & C. Hubbs (1953). An Improved Graphical Analysis and Comparison of Series of Samples. Systematic Biology, 2(2): 49-56. doi:10.2307/sysbio/2.2.49 .
Simpson, G. G., Roe, A., & Lewontin, R. C. Quantitative Zoology. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1960.
See also
Other plot methods:
matrigraph()
,
plot_bertin()
,
plot_diversity
,
plot_ford()
,
plot_heatmap()
,
plot_rank()
,
plot_spot()
,
seriograph()
Examples
## Data from Desachy 2004
data("compiegne", package = "folio")
## Plot a Dice-Leraas diagram
plot_diceleraas(compiegne)