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vcd (version 1.4-14)

Visualizing Categorical Data

Description

Visualization techniques, data sets, summary and inference procedures aimed particularly at categorical data. Special emphasis is given to highly extensible grid graphics. The package was package was originally inspired by the book "Visualizing Categorical Data" by Michael Friendly and is now the main support package for a new book, "Discrete Data Analysis with R" by Michael Friendly and David Meyer (2015).

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install.packages('vcd')

Monthly Downloads

51,759

Version

1.4-14

License

GPL-2

Maintainer

David Meyer

Last Published

July 29th, 2026

Functions in vcd (1.4-14)

Ord_plot

Ord Plots
Hospital

Hospital data
Lifeboats

Lifeboats on the Titanic
Kappa

Cohen's Kappa and Weighted Kappa
Hitters

Hitters Data
Punishment

Corporal Punishment Data
RepVict

Repeat Victimization Data
Rochdale

Rochdale Data
Saxony

Families in Saxony
OvaryCancer

Ovary Cancer Data
PreSex

Pre-marital Sex and Divorce
SpaceShuttle

Space Shuttle O-ring Failures
SexualFun

Sex is Fun
HorseKicks

Death by Horse Kicks
agreementplot

Bangdiwala's Observer Agreement Chart
WomenQueue

Women in Queues
WeldonDice

Weldon's Dice Data
VonBort

Von Bortkiewicz Horse Kicks Data
assoc

Extended Association Plots
assocstats

Association Statistics
Trucks

Truck Accidents Data
UKSoccer

UK Soccer Scores
VisualAcuity

Visual Acuity in Left and Right Eyes
Suicide

Suicide Rates in Germany
coindep_test

Test for (Conditional) Independence
fourfold

Fourfold Plots
doubledecker

Doubledecker Plot
cotab_panel

Panel-generating Functions for Contingency Table Coplots
cd_plot

Conditional Density Plots
goodfit

Goodness-of-fit Tests for Discrete Data
distplot

Diagnostic Distribution Plots
co_table

Compute Conditional Tables
binreg_plot

Binary Regression Plot
grid_barplot

Barplot
grid_legend

Legend Function for grid Graphics
cotabplot

Coplot for Contingency Tables
labeling_border

Labeling Functions for Strucplots
legends

Legend Functions for Strucplots
mosaic

Extended Mosaic Plots
loddsratio

Calculate Generalized Log Odds Ratios for Frequency Tables
mar_table

Table with Marginal Sums
hls

HLS Color Specification
independence_table

Independence Table
lodds

Calculate Generalized Log Odds for Frequency Tables
mplot

Multiple Grid plots
labeling_cells_list

Labeling Functions for Strucplots
Pairs plot panel functions for off-diagonal cells

Off-diagonal Panel Functions for Table Pairs Plot
Pairs plot panel functions for diagonal cells

Diagonal Panel Functions for Table Pairs Plot
spacings

Spacing-generating Functions
plot.loglm

Visualize Fitted Log-linear Models
plot.loddsratio

Plotting (Log) Odds Ratios
pairs.table

Pairs Plot for Contingency Tables
spine

Spine Plots and Spinograms
shadings

Shading-generating Functions for Residual-based Shadings
rootogram

Rootograms
sieve

Extended Sieve Plots
struc_assoc

Core-generating Function for Association Plots
ternaryplot

Ternary Diagram
structable

Structured Contingency Tables
struc_mosaic

Core-generating Function for Mosaic Plots
woolf_test

Woolf Test
table2d_summary

Summary of a 2-way Table
struc_sieve

Core-generating Function for Sieve Plots
tile

Tile Plot
strucplot

Structured Displays of Contingency Tables
Employment

Employment Status
DanishWelfare

Danish Welfare Study Data
JointSports

Opinions About Joint Sports
JobSatisfaction

Job Satisfaction Data
Bundesliga

Ergebnisse der Fussball-Bundesliga
CoalMiners

Breathlessness and Wheeze in Coal Miners
MSPatients

Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
Baseball

Baseball Data
Butterfly

Butterfly Species in Malaya
Bundestag2005

Votes in German Bundestag Election 2005
Federalist

`May' in Federalist Papers
NonResponse

Non-Response Survey Data
Arthritis

Arthritis Treatment Data
BrokenMarriage

Broken Marriage Data