The empirical cumulative distribution function (ECDF) provides an alternative visualization of distribution. Compared to other visualizations that rely on density (like histograms or density plots) the ECDF doesn't require any tuning parameters and handles both continuous and categorical variables. The downside is that it requires more training to accurately interpret, and the underlying visual tasks are somewhat more challenging.
gf_ecdf(
object = NULL,
gformula = NULL,
data = NULL,
...,
group,
pad,
n = NULL,
xlab,
ylab,
title,
subtitle,
caption,
geom = "step",
stat = "ecdf",
position = "identity",
show.legend = NA,
show.help = NULL,
inherit = TRUE,
environment = parent.frame()
)
When chaining, this holds an object produced in the earlier portions of the chain. Most users can safely ignore this argument. See details and examples.
A formula with shape y ~ x
.
Faceting can be achieved by including |
in the formula.
The data to be displayed in this layer. There are three options:
If NULL
, the default, the data is inherited from the plot
data as specified in the call to ggplot()
.
A data.frame
, or other object, will override the plot
data. All objects will be fortified to produce a data frame. See
fortify()
for which variables will be created.
A function
will be called with a single argument,
the plot data. The return value must be a data.frame
, and
will be used as the layer data. A function
can be created
from a formula
(e.g. ~ head(.x, 10)
).
Other arguments passed on to layer()
. These are
often aesthetics, used to set an aesthetic to a fixed value, like
colour = "red"
or size = 3
. They may also be parameters
to the paired geom/stat.
Used for grouping.
If TRUE
, pad the ecdf with additional points (-Inf, 0)
and (Inf, 1)
if NULL, do not interpolate. If not NULL, this is the number of points to interpolate with.
Label for x-axis. See also gf_labs()
.
Label for y-axis. See also gf_labs()
.
Title, sub-title, and caption for the plot.
See also gf_labs()
.
The geometric object to use to display the data, either as a
ggproto
Geom
subclass or as a string naming the geom stripped of the
geom_
prefix (e.g. "point"
rather than "geom_point"
)
The statistical transformation to use on the data for this
layer, either as a ggproto
Geom
subclass or as a string naming the
stat stripped of the stat_
prefix (e.g. "count"
rather than
"stat_count"
)
Position adjustment, either as a string naming the adjustment
(e.g. "jitter"
to use position_jitter
), or the result of a call to a
position adjustment function. Use the latter if you need to change the
settings of the adjustment.
logical. Should this layer be included in the legends?
NA
, the default, includes if any aesthetics are mapped.
FALSE
never includes, and TRUE
always includes.
It can also be a named logical vector to finely select the aesthetics to
display.
If TRUE
, display some minimal help.
A logical indicating whether default attributes are inherited.
An environment in which to look for variables not found in data
.
Data <- data.frame(
x = c(rnorm(100, 0, 1), rnorm(100, 0, 3), rt(100, df = 3)),
g = gl(3, 100, labels = c("N(0, 1)", "N(0, 3)", "T(df = 3)") )
)
gf_ecdf( ~ x, data = Data)
# Don't go to positive/negative infinity
gf_ecdf( ~ x, data = Data, pad = FALSE)
# Multiple ECDFs
gf_ecdf( ~ x, data = Data, color = ~ g)