Following Jeff Newmiller's advice, I set to work and adjusted the levels of the "extremes" factor in the data, and correspondingly the values of the vectors "shps", "culs" and "tkst" that are used to effect the plotting of points of different types with different shapes and colours. I'd hoped to avoid doing this, and hoped that there might be some sort of ggplot syntax to obviate the need for doing this. However it turned out not be as messy as I'd feared and it seems to work. (Said he with his fingers crossed.)

I would just like to add that I was *going* to ask another question, about a mysterious warning that I was getting (in the same context).
This warning did not go away when I implemented the fix referred to above.

HOWEVER in the process of putting together a clear formulation of my question I was compelled to examine something that I had not previously considered --- and the penny dropped!!! I saw what I was doing wrong, and it was easy to fix.

Thanks everybody!!! :-)

cheers,

Rolf Turner

--
Honorary Research Fellow
Department of Statistics
University of Auckland
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   shape colour          y  x PANEL group size fill alpha stroke
1     25  black 1.00000000 30     1     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
2     25  black 1.00000000 40     1     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
3     25  black 1.00000000 45     1     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
4     25  black 1.00000000 50     1     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
5     25  black 1.00000000 55     1     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
6     20   blue 0.17142857  0     1     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
7     20   blue 0.37037037 15     1     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
8     20   blue 0.95454545 20     1     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
9     20   blue 0.96000000 25     1     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
10    20   blue 0.96551724 30     1     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
11    25  black 1.00000000 35     1     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
12    25  black 1.00000000 40     1     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
13    20   blue         NA  0     1     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
14    20   blue 0.14893617 10     1     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
15    20   blue 0.75757576 15     1     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
16    20   blue 0.90277778 20     1     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
17    20   blue 0.98765432 25     1     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
18    20   blue 0.96923077 30     1     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
19    25  black 1.00000000 35     1     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
20    25  black 1.00000000 40     1     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
21    20   blue 0.13636364  0     2     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
22    20   blue 0.88571429 10     2     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
23    25  black 1.00000000 15     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
24    25  black 1.00000000 18     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
25    25  black 1.00000000 21     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
26    25  black 1.00000000 24     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
27    25  black 1.00000000 27     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
28    25  black 1.00000000 37     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
29    20   blue 0.12121212  0     2     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
30    20   blue 0.98412698 10     2     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
31    25  black 1.00000000 18     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
32    25  black 1.00000000 21     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
33    25  black 1.00000000 24     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
34    25  black 1.00000000 37     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
35    20   blue 0.07692308  0     2     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
36    20   blue 0.16666667  8     2     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
37    20   blue 0.50000000 12     2     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
38    20   blue 0.77272727 15     2     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
39    25  black 1.00000000 18     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
40    25  black 1.00000000 22     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
41    25  black 1.00000000 20     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
42    25  black 1.00000000 24     2     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
43    20   blue 0.09459459  0     3     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
44    20   blue 0.33333333  6     3     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
45    20   blue 0.91666667 10     3     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
46    25  black 1.00000000 14     3     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
47    25  black 1.00000000 18     3     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
48    25  black 1.00000000 26     3     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
49    25  black 1.00000000 30     3     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
50    20   blue 0.04761905  0     3     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
51    20   blue 0.09375000  4     3     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
52    20   blue 0.47058824  8     3     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
53    25  black 1.00000000 13     3     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
54    25  black 1.00000000 18     3     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
55    20   blue 0.11666667  0     3     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
56    20   blue 0.64102564  4     3     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
57    20   blue 0.72093023  8     3     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
58    20   blue 0.84482759 10     3     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
59    20   blue 0.97222222 12     3     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
60    25  black 1.00000000 14     3     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
61    25  black 1.00000000 16     3     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
62    25  black 1.00000000 18     3     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
63    20   blue 0.15000000  0     4     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
64    25  black 1.00000000  6     4     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
65    25  black 1.00000000  9     4     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
66    25  black 1.00000000 13     4     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
67    25  black 1.00000000 15     4     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
68    25  black 1.00000000 18     4     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
69    20   blue 0.13636364  0     4     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
70    20   blue 0.49090909  3     4     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
71    20   blue 0.70833333  6     4     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
72    25  black 1.00000000  9     4     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
73    25  black 1.00000000 13     4     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
74    25  black 1.00000000 18     4     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
75    20   blue 0.22222222  0     4     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
76    20   blue 0.23076923  2     4     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
77    20   blue 0.19148936  4     4     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
78    20   blue 0.68965517  6     4     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
79    20   blue 0.78571429  8     4     1  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
80    25  black 1.00000000 10     4     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
81    25  black 1.00000000 12     4     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
82    25  black 1.00000000 14     4     2  1.5   NA    NA    0.5
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1    33     0    8hour 10deg   4   30  8hour10deg 1.00000000        1
2    34     0    8hour 10deg   4   40  8hour10deg 1.00000000        1
3    73     0    8hour 10deg   4   45  8hour10deg 1.00000000        1
4    41     0    8hour 10deg   4   50  8hour10deg 1.00000000        1
5    39     0    8hour 10deg   4   55  8hour10deg 1.00000000        1
6     6    29    8hour 10deg  10    0  8hour10deg 0.17142857 intermed
7    20    34    8hour 10deg  10   15  8hour10deg 0.37037037 intermed
8    42     2    8hour 10deg  10   20  8hour10deg 0.95454545 intermed
9    24     1    8hour 10deg  10   25  8hour10deg 0.96000000 intermed
10   56     2    8hour 10deg  10   30  8hour10deg 0.96551724 intermed
11   41     0    8hour 10deg  10   35  8hour10deg 1.00000000        1
12   20     0    8hour 10deg  10   40  8hour10deg 1.00000000        1
13    2    62    8hour 10deg  16    0  8hour10deg 0.03125000 intermed
14    7    40    8hour 10deg  16   10  8hour10deg 0.14893617 intermed
15   25     8    8hour 10deg  16   15  8hour10deg 0.75757576 intermed
16   65     7    8hour 10deg  16   20  8hour10deg 0.90277778 intermed
17   80     1    8hour 10deg  16   25  8hour10deg 0.98765432 intermed
18   63     2    8hour 10deg  16   30  8hour10deg 0.96923077 intermed
19   79     0    8hour 10deg  16   35  8hour10deg 1.00000000        1
20   44     0    8hour 10deg  16   40  8hour10deg 1.00000000        1
21    3    19   16hour 10deg   1    0 16hour10deg 0.13636364 intermed
22   31     4   16hour 10deg   1   10 16hour10deg 0.88571429 intermed
23   39     0   16hour 10deg   1   15 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
24   40     0   16hour 10deg   1   18 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
25   81     0   16hour 10deg   1   21 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
26   80     0   16hour 10deg   1   24 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
27  103     0   16hour 10deg   1   27 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
28   54     0   16hour 10deg   1   37 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
29    4    29   16hour 10deg   7    0 16hour10deg 0.12121212 intermed
30   62     1   16hour 10deg   7   10 16hour10deg 0.98412698 intermed
31   92     0   16hour 10deg   7   18 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
32   89     0   16hour 10deg   7   21 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
33   40     0   16hour 10deg   7   24 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
34   76     0   16hour 10deg   7   37 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
35    2    24   16hour 10deg  13    0 16hour10deg 0.07692308 intermed
36   10    50   16hour 10deg  13    8 16hour10deg 0.16666667 intermed
37   17    17   16hour 10deg  13   12 16hour10deg 0.50000000 intermed
38   34    10   16hour 10deg  13   15 16hour10deg 0.77272727 intermed
39   64     0   16hour 10deg  13   18 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
40   24     0   16hour 10deg  13   22 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
41   72     0   16hour 10deg  13   20 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
42   49     0   16hour 10deg  13   24 16hour10deg 1.00000000        1
43    7    67    8hour 20deg   5    0  8hour20deg 0.09459459 intermed
44   13    26    8hour 20deg   5    6  8hour20deg 0.33333333 intermed
45   88     8    8hour 20deg   5   10  8hour20deg 0.91666667 intermed
46   84     0    8hour 20deg   5   14  8hour20deg 1.00000000        1
47   69     0    8hour 20deg   5   18  8hour20deg 1.00000000        1
48   78     0    8hour 20deg   5   26  8hour20deg 1.00000000        1
49   46     0    8hour 20deg   5   30  8hour20deg 1.00000000        1
50    1    20    8hour 20deg  11    0  8hour20deg 0.04761905 intermed
51    3    29    8hour 20deg  11    4  8hour20deg 0.09375000 intermed
52   16    18    8hour 20deg  11    8  8hour20deg 0.47058824 intermed
53   29     0    8hour 20deg  11   13  8hour20deg 1.00000000        1
54   61     0    8hour 20deg  11   18  8hour20deg 1.00000000        1
55    7    53    8hour 20deg  17    0  8hour20deg 0.11666667 intermed
56   25    14    8hour 20deg  17    4  8hour20deg 0.64102564 intermed
57   31    12    8hour 20deg  17    8  8hour20deg 0.72093023 intermed
58   49     9    8hour 20deg  17   10  8hour20deg 0.84482759 intermed
59   70     2    8hour 20deg  17   12  8hour20deg 0.97222222 intermed
60   81     0    8hour 20deg  17   14  8hour20deg 1.00000000        1
61   23     0    8hour 20deg  17   16  8hour20deg 1.00000000        1
62   49     0    8hour 20deg  17   18  8hour20deg 1.00000000        1
63    6    34   16hour 20deg   2    0 16hour20deg 0.15000000 intermed
64   28     0   16hour 20deg   2    6 16hour20deg 1.00000000        1
65   20     0   16hour 20deg   2    9 16hour20deg 1.00000000        1
66   28     0   16hour 20deg   2   13 16hour20deg 1.00000000        1
67   44     0   16hour 20deg   2   15 16hour20deg 1.00000000        1
68   42     0   16hour 20deg   2   18 16hour20deg 1.00000000        1
69    3    19   16hour 20deg   8    0 16hour20deg 0.13636364 intermed
70   27    28   16hour 20deg   8    3 16hour20deg 0.49090909 intermed
71   17     7   16hour 20deg   8    6 16hour20deg 0.70833333 intermed
72   50     0   16hour 20deg   8    9 16hour20deg 1.00000000        1
73   58     0   16hour 20deg   8   13 16hour20deg 1.00000000        1
74   28     0   16hour 20deg   8   18 16hour20deg 1.00000000        1
75   12    42   16hour 20deg  14    0 16hour20deg 0.22222222 intermed
76   24    80   16hour 20deg  14    2 16hour20deg 0.23076923 intermed
77    9    38   16hour 20deg  14    4 16hour20deg 0.19148936 intermed
78   20     9   16hour 20deg  14    6 16hour20deg 0.68965517 intermed
79   22     6   16hour 20deg  14    8 16hour20deg 0.78571429 intermed
80   24     0   16hour 20deg  14   10 16hour20deg 1.00000000        1
81   26     0   16hour 20deg  14   12 16hour20deg 1.00000000        1
82   33     0   16hour 20deg  14   14 16hour20deg 1.00000000        1
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