likert.heat.plot2: Summary Heatmap for categorical data

In DiscreteGapStatistic: An Extension of the Gap Statistic for Ordinal/Categorical Data

Summary Heatmap for categorical data

Description

Heatmap representation summarizing categorical/likert data. Modified version of 'likert.heat.plot' from 'likert' package. Does not allow different categorical ranges across questions. The function outputs a ggplot object where additional layers can be added for customization purposes. The output plot preserves the question order given by columns of 'x'.

Usage

likert.heat.plot2(
  x,
  allLevels,
  low.color = "white",
  high.color = "blue",
  text.color = "black",
  text.size = 4,
  textLen = 50
)

Arguments

x	matrix object or data.frame with categorical data. Columns are questions and rows are observations.
allLevels	vector with all categorical (ordered) levels.
low.color	string; name of color assigned to the first level found in 'allLevels'.
high.color	string; name of color assigned to the last level found in 'allLevels'.
text.color	string; text color of numbers within cells.
text.size	string; text size for numbers within cells.
textLen	string; maximum length of text-length for question labels (column names)

Value

ggplot object.

DiscreteGapStatistic documentation built on April 3, 2025, 9:22 p.m.