http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venn_Diagram#Extensions_to_higher_numbers_of_sets
shows a couple of solutions, not in R, but the ideas could be implemented in R. Hope this helps, -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare greg.s...@imail.org 801.408.8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Penner, Johannes > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 1:04 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] graph with 15 combinations > > Dear R helpers, > > I have a data set with 4 types (W, C, E & S). Now I have values for all > types plus all possible combinations (the order is unimportant): W, C, > WC, E, WE, CE, WCE, S, WS, CS, WCS, ES, WES, CES & WCES. Ideally I > would > like to represent everything in one graph and as concise as possible. > Drawing 4 circles and depicting it as overlap just gives me 13 out of > the 15 possibilities needed (as e.g. depicted here > http://www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/classic9e.html in the graph > "Four circles surrounding illusion"). > > Does anybody has a nice solution, ideally with a possible solution in > R? > > Thanks in advance! > Johannes > > -- > Project Coordinator BIOTA West Amphibians > > Museum of Natural History > Dep. of Research (Herpetology) > Invalidenstrasse 43 > D-10115 Berlin > Tel: +49 (0)30 2093 8708 > Fax: +49 (0)30 2093 8565 > > http://www.biota-africa.org > http://community-ecology.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.