Thanks Michael. It looked like a decent display but it's nice to know what is going on. I has figured out something to do with milk but that was my total knowledge..
--- On Wed, 7/6/11, Michael Dewey <i...@aghmed.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > From: Michael Dewey <i...@aghmed.fsnet.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [R] Unusual graph- modified wind rose perhaps? > To: "John Kane" <jrkrid...@yahoo.ca>, r-help@r-project.org > Received: Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 3:25 PM > At 12:21 04/07/2011, John Kane > wrote: > > > In a OpenOffice.org forum someone was asking if the > spreadsheet could graph this > http://www.elmundo.es/elmundosalud/documentos/2011/06/leche.html > > > > I didn't think it could. :) > > > > I don't think I've ever seen exactly this layout. Does > anyone know if there is anything in R that does a graph like > this or that can be adapted to do it. > > > > Unfortunately my Spanish is non-existent so I am not > sure how effective the graph is in achieving whatever it's > suppposed to do. A dot chart might be as effective but > it is a flashy graphic. > > Well nobody seems to have taken up the challenge John, so > here goes. > > In summary the graphics show the properties of brands of > full-fat milk sold in Spain. Some of them are supermarket > own brands and others general branded products. By clicking > on the rectangular buttons across the top you can select > which criterion to look at and when you do there is usually > an explanatory text shown upper-left in the plot. By default > you get overall quality rating. > > Good features of the graphic seem to me to be that the > brands are always in the same order so if you buy your milk > from (say) the Eroski supermarket chain you can track it > easily through the different criteria. Another good feature > for me is the fact that the underlying values do not clutter > up the visual presentation but can be retrieved by hovering > over the sector > > Several of the criteria are inherently continuous but have > been categorised which seems to me a shame. > > Overall for a newspaper graphic it seemed of good quality > to me but YMMV. > > > > Thanks > > Michael Dewey > i...@aghmed.fsnet.co.uk > http://www.aghmed.fsnet.co.uk/home.html > > ______________________________________________ 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.
