makeDataList: Prepare Data in a Data Frame for a Call to GroupListBoxplot()

In flowPlots: flowPlots: analysis plots and data class for gated flow cytometry data

Description

This function makes a list of data, where each item of the list is a data frame and contains data for a group. The list can be used as input for a call to GroupListBoxplot().

Usage

    makeDataList(theData, groupVariableName, columnsToKeep)

Arguments

theData	data.frame containing data for 1 or more groups
groupVariableName	character; name of the column in theData identifying group
columnsToKeep	numeric vector specifying the column numbers in theData to include in the list of data.

Value

a list; each item of the list is a data frame and contains data for a group. The rows of each data frame are for subject. The cols of each data frame represent categories to be plotted on the x-axis.

Author(s)

N. Hawkins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

See Also

GroupListBoxplot

Examples

# Load the data
data(marginalDF)
marginalDataSubset = subset(marginalDF, stim=="LPS" & concGroup==3 & cell=="mDC")

# Make a data list
dataList = makeDataList(marginalDataSubset, "group", 1:5) 

# Make a plot using the data list
GroupListBoxplot(dataList, xlabel="Cytokine", ylabel="Percent of All Cells", 
   xAxisLabels=c("TNFa","IL6","IL12","IFNa","AnyMarker"), 
   mainTitle="Stimulation = LPS and Concentration Group = 3 and Cell = mDC", 
   legendGroupNames=c("Adults","Neonates"), pointColor=c(2,4), testTitleCEX=.8, nCEX=.8, 
   pCEX=.8, legendColor=c(2,4), legendCEX=.7)

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