[R] Underline your idea with ggplot2

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# 介绍：之前的教程中，我们学习了如何使条形图或直方图看起来更好

比如：

# 今天我们将学习如何在图形中添加信息，编辑图例中的文本元素，并改变主题

# 添加图形中的信息使用geom_text()

# 示例：在条形图上添加每个条形的计数

ggplot(data = mpg, aes(x = class)) +
  geom_bar() +
  geom_text(stat = 'count', aes(label = ..count..), vjust = -0.5)

# 编辑图例中的文本元素并改变主题使用theme()

# 示例：改变坐标轴文本的大小和位置

ggplot(data = mpg, aes(x = class)) +
  geom_bar() +
  theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 45, size = 10))

# 理解数据可视化的指导原则

# 例如，平衡、强调、运动、模式、重复、节奏和多样性

# 使用散点图进行两个连续变量的数据可视化

# 使用条形图进行两个分类数据的数据可视化，并学习新的自定义设置

# 使用一个连续变量和一个分类变量进行数据可视化

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Add info in the plots:

首先，让我们来看看如何在图形中添加信息。在R中，我们可以使用geom_text()函数来实现这一点。例如，如果我们想在条形图上显示每个条形的计数，我们可以这样做：

ggplot(data = mpg, aes(x = class)) +
  geom_bar() +
  geom_text(stat = 'count', aes(label = ..count..), vjust = -0.5)

 

• ggplot(data = mpg, aes(x = class)): This sets up the basic plot using the mpg dataset and specifies that the class variable should be mapped to the x-axis.

• geom_bar(): This adds a bar plot layer to the plot, creating a bar for each unique value of the class variable.

• geom_text(stat = 'count', aes(label = ..count..), vjust = -0.5): This adds text labels to the plot. The stat = 'count' argument tells geom_text to calculate the count of observations for each class. The aes(label = ..count..) specifies that the count should be used as the label for each bar. The vjust = -0.5 argument adjusts the vertical position of the labels to place them above the bars.

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接下来，让我们讨论如何编辑图例中的文本元素并改变图形的主题。在R中，我们可以使用theme()函数来实现这一点。例如，如果我们想改变坐标轴文本的大小和位置，我们可以这样做：

ggplot(data = mpg, aes(x = class)) +
  geom_bar() +
  theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 45, size = 10))

 Changing the text size and position in the x or y axis 

 + theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 45, size=10))

+ theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 45,size=7))

• family: Specifies the font family to be used for the axis text. For example, setting family = "Arial" would use the Arial font for the axis text.

• face: Specifies the font style to be used for the axis text. This can be used to make the text bold, italic, or bold italic. For example, setting face = "bold" would make the axis text bold.

• colour: Specifies the color of the axis text, ticks, and marks. For example, setting colour = "red" would make the axis text red.

• size: Specifies the size of the axis text. For example, setting size = 12 would make the axis text 12 points in size.

• angle: Specifies the angle at which the axis text is displayed. For example, setting angle = 45 would rotate the axis text 45 degrees clockwise.

remove axis ticks and labels

you can remove axis ticks and labels using element_blank() or size=0 in theme() in ggplot2. Here's how you can do it:

library(ggplot2)
 
# Create a basic plot
p <- ggplot(data = mpg, aes(x = class)) +
  geom_bar() +
  geom_text(stat = 'count', aes(label = ..count..), vjust = -0.5)
 
# Remove x-axis ticks and labels
p + theme(axis.text.x = element_blank(),
          axis.ticks.x = element_blank())
 
# Remove y-axis ticks and labels
p + theme(axis.text.y = element_blank(),
          axis.ticks.y = element_blank())

 Add the headcount for each bar in a graph which indicate proportion

ggplot(CUHKSZ_employment_survey_1,aes(fct_infreq(Occupation),y=(..count..)/sum(..count..),fill=Occupation))+geom_bar()+geom_text(stat='count',aes(label=..count..),vjust=+1.5)

 

ggplot(CUHKSZ_employment_survey_1, aes(x = fct_infreq(Occupation), fill = Occupation)) +
  geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..))) +
  geom_text(stat = 'count', aes(label = ..count.., y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)), vjust = +1.5) +
  labs(title="Occupation of CUHK Shenzhen students after graduation",x=NULL, y="Proportion")

 

If you want to remove the x-axis label entirely, you can use x = "" instead.

ggplot(CUHKSZ_employment_survey_1, aes(x = fct_infreq(Occupation), fill = Occupation)) +
  geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..))) +
  geom_text(stat = 'count', aes(label = ..count.., y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)), vjust = +1.5) +
  labs(title="Occupation of CUHK Shenzhen students after graduation", x = "", y = "Proportion")

 If I want to underline that students are more likely to become “Professional an technician” or “Clerical personnel”, I might use the same color for those category

Scale_fill_manual(values=c(“color1”,”color2”….)

# Define custom colors
custom_colors <- c("Professional and technician" = "Red", "Clerical personnel" = "Red", "Other" = "grey")
 
# Create the plot with custom colors
ggplot(CUHKSZ_employment_survey_1, aes(x = fct_infreq(Occupation), fill = Occupation)) +
  geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..))) +
  geom_text(stat = 'count', aes(label = ..count.., y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)), vjust = +1.5) +
  labs(title="Occupation of CUHK Shenzhen students after graduation", x = "", y = "Proportion") +
  scale_fill_manual(values = custom_colors)

If I want to underline that students more than 10% of the students become “Professional an technician” “Clerical personnel” or “managerial personnel”, colour should de different and I should add a horizontal line

+geom_hline(yintercept=0.1)

 

ggplot(CUHKSZ_employment_survey_1, aes(x = fct_infreq(Occupation), fill = Occupation)) +
  geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..))) +
  theme(axis.text.x =element_text(angle = 45,vjust = 0.6))+
  geom_text(stat = 'count', aes(label = ..count.., y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)), vjust = +1.5) +
  labs(title="Occupation of CUHK Shenzhen students after graduation", x = "", y = "Proportion") +
  scale_fill_manual(values = custom_colors) +
  geom_hline(yintercept=0.1)

 

Demonstrate that your data are normally distributed by over-ploting a Gaussian curve on your histogram

ggplot(CUHKSZ_employment_survey_1, aes(x = Monthly_salary_19, y = stat(density))) +
  geom_histogram(binwidth = 500, fill = "blue", colour = "black", alpha = 0.5, boundary = 8000) +
  geom_density(color = "red") +
  labs(title = "Histogram of Monthly Salary with Density Curve Overlay", x = "Monthly Salary", y = "Density")

Notice to use stat(density) here instead of ...density... , or it will report an Error

or more(

Warning message:
`stat(density)` was deprecated in ggplot2 3.4.0.
ℹ Please use `after_stat(density)` instead.
This warning is displayed once every 8 hours.
Call `lifecycle::last_lifecycle_warnings()` to see where this warning was generated. )

Underline the individuals who are overweigth in the BMI histogram = change the colour of the bar in an histogram

Decompose the histogram into two using the function subset

ggplot(SEE_students_data_2,aes(x=BMI))+
  geom_histogram(data=subset(SEE_students_data_2,BMI<25),fill="Blue", alpha=0.5,binwidth = 1,color="Black")+
  geom_histogram(data=subset(SEE_students_data_2,BMI>25),fill="Red", alpha=0.5,binwidth = 1,color="Black")