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plotcircles   Circles Plot
DESCRIPTION
Produces a scatterplot with circle size indexing a third variable.
 
USAGE
plotcircles(x, y, size = 1, xlab = NULL, ylab = NULL, ...)
 
REQUIRED ARGUMENTS
x - a numeric vector
y - a numeric vector
 
OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS
size - a numeric vector indexing the size of the circles
xlab - string for horizontal axis label
ylab - string for vertical axis label
 
DETAILS
This plot provides a way to display three numerical variable simultaneously. The x-y scatterplot points are represented by circles, the area of which is proportional to the third variable.
 
EXAMPLES
x <- rnorm(20)
y <- rnorm(20)
z <- rnorm(20)
plotcircles(x,y,z)

 

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Gordon Smyth. Copyright © 1996-2016. Last modified: 10 February 2004