UpAndDownPlots (version 0.5.0)

sort5: Draws five UpAndDown plots for one grouping variable with the five different sorting methods provided

Description

This function draws plots to compare the results of different sorting methods for a single grouping variable

Usage

sort5(data, gvar, weight=1, v1, v2)

Value

uad

five unlabelled horizontal UpAndDown plots

uadl

five vertical UpAndDown plots with labelling of groups

Arguments

data

the dataset to be analysed

gvar

the grouping variable to be used in all five plots

weight

a variable for weighting the individual items, the default is for every item to be weighted equally

v1

the variable specifying the start value in the comparison

v2

the variable specifying the end value in the comparison

Author

Antony Unwin [e-mail]

Details

This function prepares UpAndDown plots showing percentage and absolute changes for one grouping variable with five different sortings.

To draw an unlabelled or labelled set of plots, apply grid.arrange to the appropriate output of sort5.

Examples

library(gridExtra)
xs <- sort5(NIpop, gvar="LGD2014_name", v1="y2011", v2="y2017")
grid.arrange(xs$uad)
grid.arrange(xs$uadl)