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How to create a grouped boxplot in ggplot2?


Asked by Reece Richard on Dec 04, 2021 FAQ



The following code shows how to use ggplot2 to create a grouped boxplot using the built-in iris dataset: Note: You could also use labs (title=’Sepal Length by Species’) to create the exact same title. By default, ggplot2 titles are left-aligned.
Additionally,
Box plot by group with geom_boxplot In order to create a basic grouped box plot in R you need to pass the variables to aes and use the geom_boxplot geom as in the following example. library(ggplot2) ggplot(df, aes(x = group, y = y)) + geom_boxplot() Adding error bars with stat_boxplot
And, We can make grouped boxplot without datapoints easily by using the third “grouping” variable either for color or fill argument inside aes (). However, when we try to add the layer of jittered data points on the grouped boxplot using geom_jitter (), the plot will not look good.
Thereof,
How to create boxplot with multiple factor levels using ggplot2 in R? To create a boxplot, we have one factor and one numerical column and the boxplot is created for each category or levels in that factor. Now if we have two factors then the boxplot can be created for both factor levels by passing fill argument in geom_boxplot.
Consequently,
The group aesthetic is by default set to the interaction of all discrete variables in the plot. This choice often partitions the data correctly, but when it does not, or when no discrete variable is used in the plot, you will need to explicitly define the grouping structure by mapping group to a variable that has a different value for each group.