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boxplot.formula {base}R Documentation

Formula Notation for Boxplots

Description

Produces side by side boxplots from a number of vectors, using formula notation.

Usage

boxplot.formula(formula, data = NULL, subset, na.action, ...)

Arguments

formula

a formula, such as y ~ x.

data

a data.frame (or list) from which the variables in formula should be taken.

subset

an optional vector specifying a subset of observations to be used in the fitting process.

na.action

a function which indicates what should happen when the data contain NAs.

...

further arguments to the default boxplot method and graphical parameters may also be passed as arguments, see boxplot.default and par.

Details

This is a method of the generic function boxplot. It operates by setting up the data from the formula specification, and then calling boxplot.default.

Value

See the help for boxplot.default.

See Also

boxplot, boxplot.default.

Examples

data(OrchardSprays)
boxplot(decrease ~ treatment, data = OrchardSprays, log = "y", col = "bisque")

[Package base version 0.90 ]