Visualizing Innovation
Geometries
October 23, 2023
Selected geometries in {ggplot}
| Geometry | Explanation | |
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area, ribbon | An area plot is the continuous analogue of a stacked bar chart. |
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bar, col | Bar charts may be proportional (bar) or with absolute values (col). |
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boxplot | The boxplot compactly displays the distribution of a continuous variable. |
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density, histogram | Kernel density plot, which is a smoothed version of the histogram. |
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hline, vline, abline | Draws a horizontal or vertical line with an intercept or a line with a slope. |
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line, path | Line between observations in order of variable (line) or appearance (path) |
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linerange, errorbar | Various ways of representing a vertical interval defined by x, ymin and ymax. |
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point, jitter | The point geom is used to create scatterplots and jitter avoids overplotting. |
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segment, curve | Draws a straight or curved line between points (x,y) and (xend, yend). |
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smooth | Smoothed line with standard error bounds across a scatterplot. |
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violin | A violin plot is a compact display of a continuous distribution. |
Additional geometries
ggstream::geom_stream() 
waffle::geom_waffle() 
ggchicklet::geom_chicklet() 
ggridges::geom_density_ridges() 
ggsankey::geom_sankey() 
ggbump::geom_bump() 
