Re: [R] Recommended visualization for hierarchical data

2010-01-13 Thread Jim Lemon
On 01/13/2010 02:46 PM, Rex C. Eastbourne wrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Rex C. Eastbourne 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 ---

Re: [R] Recommended visualization for hierarchical data

2010-01-12 Thread Rex C. Eastbourne
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Simon Knapp wrote: > Not sure if there are any 'recommended' visualisations, but the following > is > a start (you will need to tune the scaling of the x-axis label and state > identifiers). > > In the plot produced, the widths of the 'columns' are proportional o

Re: [R] Recommended visualization for hierarchical data

2010-01-12 Thread Simon Knapp
Not sure if there are any 'recommended' visualisations, but the following is a start (you will need to tune the scaling of the x-axis label and state identifiers). In the plot produced, the widths of the 'columns' are proportional of purchases occurring in the state, and the height of the 'boxes'

Re: [R] Recommended visualization for hierarchical data

2010-01-12 Thread Rex C. Eastbourne
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Rex C. Eastbourne 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 |

[R] Recommended visualization for hierarchical data

2010-01-12 Thread Rex C. Eastbourne
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 m