This is a variant geom_point()
that counts the number of
observations at each location, then maps the count to point area. It
useful when you have discrete data and overplotting.
Usage
geom_count(
mapping = NULL,
data = NULL,
stat = "sum",
position = "identity",
...,
na.rm = FALSE,
show.legend = NA,
inherit.aes = TRUE
)
stat_sum(
mapping = NULL,
data = NULL,
geom = "point",
position = "identity",
...,
na.rm = FALSE,
show.legend = NA,
inherit.aes = TRUE
)
Arguments
- mapping
Set of aesthetic mappings created by
aes()
. If specified andinherit.aes = TRUE
(the default), it is combined with the default mapping at the top level of the plot. You must supplymapping
if there is no plot mapping.- data
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 toggplot()
.A
data.frame
, or other object, will override the plot data. All objects will be fortified to produce a data frame. Seefortify()
for which variables will be created.A
function
will be called with a single argument, the plot data. The return value must be adata.frame
, and will be used as the layer data. Afunction
can be created from aformula
(e.g.~ head(.x, 10)
).- position
Position adjustment, either as a string naming the adjustment (e.g.
"jitter"
to useposition_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.- ...
Other arguments passed on to
layer()
. These are often aesthetics, used to set an aesthetic to a fixed value, likecolour = "red"
orsize = 3
. They may also be parameters to the paired geom/stat.- na.rm
If
FALSE
, the default, missing values are removed with a warning. IfTRUE
, missing values are silently removed.- show.legend
logical. Should this layer be included in the legends?
NA
, the default, includes if any aesthetics are mapped.FALSE
never includes, andTRUE
always includes. It can also be a named logical vector to finely select the aesthetics to display.- inherit.aes
If
FALSE
, overrides the default aesthetics, rather than combining with them. This is most useful for helper functions that define both data and aesthetics and shouldn't inherit behaviour from the default plot specification, e.g.borders()
.- geom, stat
Use to override the default connection between
geom_count()
andstat_sum()
.
Aesthetics
geom_point()
understands the following aesthetics (required aesthetics are in bold):
Learn more about setting these aesthetics in vignette("ggplot2-specs")
.
Computed variables
These are calculated by the 'stat' part of layers and can be accessed with delayed evaluation.
after_stat(n)
Number of observations at position.after_stat(prop)
Percent of points in that panel at that position.
See also
For continuous x
and y
, use geom_bin2d()
.
Examples
ggplot(mpg, aes(cty, hwy)) +
geom_point()
ggplot(mpg, aes(cty, hwy)) +
geom_count()
# Best used in conjunction with scale_size_area which ensures that
# counts of zero would be given size 0. Doesn't make much different
# here because the smallest count is already close to 0.
ggplot(mpg, aes(cty, hwy)) +
geom_count() +
scale_size_area()
# Display proportions instead of counts -------------------------------------
# By default, all categorical variables in the plot form the groups.
# Specifying geom_count without a group identifier leads to a plot which is
# not useful:
d <- ggplot(diamonds, aes(x = cut, y = clarity))
d + geom_count(aes(size = after_stat(prop)))
# To correct this problem and achieve a more desirable plot, we need
# to specify which group the proportion is to be calculated over.
d + geom_count(aes(size = after_stat(prop), group = 1)) +
scale_size_area(max_size = 10)
# Or group by x/y variables to have rows/columns sum to 1.
d + geom_count(aes(size = after_stat(prop), group = cut)) +
scale_size_area(max_size = 10)
d + geom_count(aes(size = after_stat(prop), group = clarity)) +
scale_size_area(max_size = 10)