flowPlots (version 1.20.0)

makeDataList: Prepare Data in a Data Frame for a Call to GroupListBoxplot()

Description

This function makes a list of data, where each item of the list is a data frame and contains data for a group. The list can be used as input for a call to GroupListBoxplot().

Usage

makeDataList(theData, groupVariableName, columnsToKeep)

Arguments

theData

data.frame containing data for 1 or more groups

groupVariableName

character; name of the column in theData identifying group

columnsToKeep

numeric vector specifying the column numbers in theData to include in the list of data.

Value

of each data frame are for subject. The cols of each data frame represent categories to be plotted on the x-axis.

See Also

GroupListBoxplot

Examples

# Load the data
data(marginalDF)
marginalDataSubset = subset(marginalDF, stim=="LPS" & concGroup==3 & cell=="mDC")

# Make a data list
dataList = makeDataList(marginalDataSubset, "group", 1:5) 

# Make a plot using the data list
GroupListBoxplot(dataList, xlabel="Cytokine", ylabel="Percent of All Cells", 
   xAxisLabels=c("TNFa","IL6","IL12","IFNa","AnyMarker"), 
   mainTitle="Stimulation = LPS and Concentration Group = 3 and Cell = mDC", 
   legendGroupNames=c("Adults","Neonates"), pointColor=c(2,4), testTitleCEX=.8, nCEX=.8, 
   pCEX=.8, legendColor=c(2,4), legendCEX=.7)