This list is a collection of specific commands to do specific (pieces of) plots that I often need. Most of the commands use ggplot2.
Conventions: The data is assumed to be a data frame
called dat, I’m using the pipe-operator notation, the
outcome of interest is called outcome, variables are
var1, var2, etc. or just refered to as
varname. ggplot library is assumed to be loaded for most
commands.
If one uses dashed/dotted/solid lines in lineplots, the default legend in ggplot is often not big enough to properly show the different lines. One can increase this with
where X is the length/width one wants.
ggplot shows legends alphabetically for non-factor variables. Easiest approach is to turn variable into factor and sort as needed.