On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Rex C. Eastbourne <rex.eastbou...@gmail.com > wrote:
> Let's say I have data in the following schema that describes the number of > purchases a company has received from each County in the US: > > State | County | Purchases > --------------------------------------- > NJ | Mercer | 550 > CA | Orange | 23 > .... > > I would like to visualize what states contribute the most to the overall > total, and furthermore within those states, what Counties contribute the > most. What are some recommended R visualizations for this type of data? I > created a treemap using map.market from the portfolio library, like the > following: > > http://zoonek2.free.fr/UNIX/48_R/g126.png > > Although this is an attractive visual, I want something that makes it > easier to compare the relative sizes of components at a glance (hard with a > treemap because rectangles have different aspect ratios). Does anyone have a > recommended alternate visualization? > > Thanks! > Just to clarify: I made up the above example for simplicity's sake to illustrate what I meant by "hierarchical" data. My actual data is not related to maps or geography, so a map-based visualization wouldn't work. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
