ShipOfTheseus: An R6 Class for Generating Theseus Plot

In TheseusPlot: Visualizing Decomposition of Differences in Rate Metrics

An R6 Class for Generating Theseus Plot

Description

The 'ShipOfTheseus' class decomposes the difference in outcome rates between two datasets and visualizes the results as a Theseus Plot. It provides methods to compute contributions of individual attributes, summarize results in tables, and generate waterfall-style plots for intuitive interpretation.

Methods

Public methods

• ShipOfTheseus$new()

• ShipOfTheseus$table()

• ShipOfTheseus$plot()

• ShipOfTheseus$plot_flip()

• ShipOfTheseus$clone()

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Method new()

The constructor of the ShipOfTheseus class.

Usage

ShipOfTheseus$new(data1, data2, outcome, labels, ylab, digits, text_size)

Arguments

data1

data frame representing the first group (e.g., the baseline or "original" data).

data2

data frame representing the second group (e.g., the comparison or "refitted" data).

outcome

string specifying the outcome variable used to compute the rate metric (default is "y"). Typically, this is a binary indicator (e.g., 0/1) that is aggregated to form rates.

labels

character vector of length 2 giving the labels for the two groups. The first corresponds to 'data1', the second to 'data2'. Default is c("Original", "Refitted").

ylab

string specifying the y-axis label for plots. If NULL (default), no label is displayed.

digits

integer indicating the number of decimal places to use for displaying numeric values (default is 3).

text_size

numeric value specifying the relative size of text elements in plots (default is 1).

Returns

A ShipOfTheseus object, which can be used with plot() to create Theseus plots.

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Method table()

Generate a contribution table for a given column.

Usage

ShipOfTheseus$table(column_name, n = Inf, continuous = continuous_config())

Arguments

column_name

string. The name of the column to analyze.

n

integer. Maximum number of top contributing attributes to display. If the number of attributes exceeds 'n', the remaining are aggregated.

continuous

list. A configuration list for handling continuous variables (e.g., specifying number of bins or custom breaks).

Returns

A tibble summarizing each attribute's contribution to the difference between the two groups, including counts, total outcomes, and rates for each subgroup.

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Method plot()

Generate a Theseus plot for a specified column

Usage

ShipOfTheseus$plot(
  column_name,
  n = 10L,
  main_item = NULL,
  bar_max_value = NULL,
  levels = NULL,
  continuous = continuous_config()
)

Arguments

column_name

The name of the column to visualize.

n

integer. Maximum number of top contributing attributes to display. Remaining attributes are aggregated if necessary.

main_item

string. The attribute used as the reference for scaling the bar heights.

bar_max_value

numeric. Maximum value for scaling the contribution bars.

levels

character vector specifying the display order of attributes.

continuous

list. Configuration for handling continuous variables (e.g., number of bins or custom breaks).

Returns

A ggplot object representing the Theseus Plot for the specified column.

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Method plot_flip()

Generate a Theseus plot for a specified column

Usage

ShipOfTheseus$plot_flip(
  column_name,
  n = 10L,
  main_item = NULL,
  bar_max_value = NULL,
  levels = NULL,
  continuous = continuous_config()
)

Arguments

column_name

The name of the column to visualize.

n

integer. Maximum number of top contributing attributes to display. Remaining attributes are aggregated if necessary.

main_item

string. The attribute used as the reference for scaling the bar heights.

bar_max_value

numeric. Maximum value for scaling the contribution bars.

levels

character vector specifying the display order of attributes.

continuous

list. Configuration for handling continuous variables (e.g., number of bins or custom breaks).

Returns

A ggplot object representing the Theseus Plot for the specified column.

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Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

ShipOfTheseus$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

TheseusPlot documentation built on Aug. 28, 2025, 9:09 a.m.