plot_profile_holland: Plot an interest profile in the Hexagon

In holland: Statistics for Holland's Theory of Vocational Choice

Description

This function plots an interest profile in the Hexagon

Usage

plot_profile_holland(
  x,
  gr = 5,
  x.cent = 0,
  y.cent = 0,
  center = FALSE,
  r = NULL,
  s = 0,
  radial = TRUE,
  col.Hr = "grey",
  lwd.Hr = 1,
  lty.Hr = 1,
  circular = TRUE,
  col.Hc = "grey",
  lwd.Hc = 1,
  lty.Hc = 1,
  circle = FALSE,
  col.C = "grey",
  lwd.C = 1,
  lty.C = 1,
  measure = TRUE,
  ri.M = NULL,
  ro.M = NULL,
  m = NULL,
  pos.M = "c",
  wid.M = 10,
  col.M = "grey",
  lwd.M = 1,
  lty.M = 1,
  vector = TRUE,
  length.V = 0.25,
  angle.V = 30,
  code.V = 2,
  col.V = "black",
  lty.V = 1,
  lwd.V = 1,
  gridl = FALSE,
  col.G = "grey",
  lwd.G = 1,
  lty.G = 1,
  scalab = TRUE,
  adj.sl = NULL,
  pos.sl = NULL,
  offset.sl = 0.5,
  vfont.sl = NULL,
  cex.sl = 1,
  col.sl = NULL,
  font.sl = NULL,
  polyg = TRUE,
  density.P = NULL,
  angle.P = 45,
  border.P = "black",
  col.P = NA,
  lwd.P = 1,
  lty.P = par("lty"),
  fillOddEven.P = FALSE,
  lab = NULL,
  s.la = 7,
  r.la = NULL,
  adj.la = NULL,
  pos.la = NULL,
  offset.la = 0.5,
  vfont.la = NULL,
  cex.la = 1,
  col.la = NULL,
  font.la = NULL,
  ...
)

Arguments

x	numeric vector with length of six values; either raw scores or normed values
gr	numeric optional specification of the (quadratic) plotting area.
x.cent	numeric optional specification of the x center of the plot
y.cent	numeric optional specification of the y center of the plot
center	logical whether to re-scale the minimum profile value to be in the center of the Hexagon
r	numeric optional specification of the radius (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) of the hexagonal plot (must be then in the same measure scale as x).
s	integer optional specification of the angular starting position (in degrees) when drawing the Hexagon (from 1 to 360).
radial	logical whether to plot radial (sector) lines within the Hexagon.
col.Hr	character expression of colors (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) for the radial Hexagon lines.
lwd.Hr	numeric (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) with line widths for the radial Hexagon lines.
lty.Hr	numeric or character expression (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) with line types for the radial Hexagon lines.
circular	logical whether to plot a circular (border) line around the Hexagon.
col.Hc	character expression of colors (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) for colors for the circular (border) Hexagon line.
lwd.Hc	numeric (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) with line widths for the circular (border) Hexagon line.
lty.Hc	numeric or character expression (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) with line types for the circular (border) Hexagon line.
circle	logical whether to plot a circle around the Hexagon.
col.C	character expression for color of circle around Hexagon.
lwd.C	numeric for line width of circle around Hexagon.
lty.C	numeric or character expression for line type of circle around Hexagon.
measure	logical whether to plot a (radial) measure scale (for each Hexagon dimension).
ri.M	numeric (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) with numeric value(s) for start (minimum) of the measure scale for each Hexagon dimension respectively (must be then in the same measure scale as x).
ro.M	numeric (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) with numeric value(s) for end (maximum) of the measure scale for each Hexagon dimension respectively (must be then in the same measure scale as x).
m	numeric with single value for the distance of the tic marks of the measure scale.
pos.M	character one of c("c","l","r") for the orientation of the tic marks with reference to the radial hexagon lines – centered, left, right respectively.
wid.M	numeric (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) defining the widths of the tic marks in degree.
col.M	character expression of colors (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) for the color of the tic marks.
lwd.M	numeric (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) for the line widths of the tic marks.
lty.M	numeric or character expression (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) for the line types of the tic marks.
vector	logical whether to plot the (resulting) total vector (as arrow) for the interest profile according to Eder, (1998).
length.V	length of the edges of the total vector arrow head (see arrows).
angle.V	angle from the shaft of the total vector arrow to the edge of the arrow head (see arrows).
code.V	integer code, determining kind of total vector arrow to be drawn(see arrows).
col.V	color of the total vector arrow (see arrows).
lty.V	line type of the total vector arrow (see arrows).
lwd.V	line wide of the total vector arrow (see arrows).
gridl	logical whether to plot a circular grid lines at the positions of the tic marks for the measure scale around the Hexagon.
col.G	character expression of colors (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) for the color of the grid lines.
lwd.G	numeric (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) for the line widths of the grid lines.
lty.G	numeric or character expression (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) for the line types of the grid lines.
scalab	logical whether to ad scale labeling with units.
adj.sl	parameter for scale labeling control – see text.
pos.sl	parameter for scale labeling control – see text.
offset.sl	parameter for scale labeling control – see text.
vfont.sl	parameter for scale labeling control – see text.
cex.sl	parameter for scale labeling control – see text.
col.sl	parameter for scale labeling control – see text.
font.sl	parameter for scale labeling control – see text.
polyg	whether to plot a polygon for the interest profile (see argument x).
density.P	parameter for polygon drawing control – see polygon.
angle.P	parameter for polygon drawing control – see polygon.
border.P	parameter for polygon drawing control – see polygon.
col.P	parameter for polygon drawing control – see polygon.
lwd.P	parameter for polygon drawing control – see polygon.
lty.P	parameter for polygon drawing control – see polygon.
fillOddEven.P	parameter for polygon drawing control – see polygon.
lab	character vector (with max length 6 – will be recycled) for labeling the Hexagon dimensions, by default names from x a taken ...
s.la	integer to control angular positions of labels (in degrees).
r.la	numeric optional specification of the radial positions (possibly vector with max length 6 – will be recycled) for the labels of the Hexagon dimensions (must be then in the same measure scale as x).
adj.la	parameter for labeling control – see text.
pos.la	parameter for labeling control – see text.
offset.la	parameter for labeling control – see text.
vfont.la	parameter for labeling control – see text.
cex.la	parameter for labeling control – see text.
col.la	parameter for labeling control – see text.
font.la	parameter for labeling control – see text.
...	parameters passed through

Details

no details – but see arguments.

Value

a plot and if argument vector=TRUE (default) a numeric value indicating the orientation of the total vector for the interest profile in degrees.

References

Eder, F. (1998). Differenziertheit der Interessen als Prädiktor der Interessenentwicklung. In J. Abel & C. Tarnai (Hrsg.), Pädagogisch-psychologische Interessenforschung in Studium und Beruf (S. 63–77). Münster: Waxmann.

Examples

#### a fictional interest profile:
A <- c(95, 125, 122, 105, 100, 90)
names(A) <- c("R","I","A","S","E","C")
#### plot with default settings
plot_profile_holland(x=A)
#### easy way to change global scaling with argument 'gr'
### additional change the color and thickness of the polygon line ...
plot_profile_holland(x=A,gr=3,border.P="darkblue",lwd.P = 2)
#### give the Hexagon a fixed scale range ...
plot_profile_holland(x=A,gr=10,ri.M=70,ro.M=130,lwd.P=2)
#### center the minimum and addition fix the scale range and step width ...
plot_profile_holland(x=A,gr=10,center=TRUE,ri.M=70,ro.M=130,m=10,lwd.P=2)

############## More examples
## Not run: 
#### center the minimum without a fixed scale range but with a fixed step width ...
plot_profile_holland(x=A,gr=10,center=TRUE,m=5,col.P=NA,border.P="darkblue")
#### change position of the scale labels and polygon filling
plot_profile_holland(x=A,gr=3,pos.M="r",col.P="lightblue",density.P=10,
border.P="darkblue")
#### rotated (clockwise) by +90 degrees 
plot_profile_holland(x=A,gr=3,pos.M="r",s=90,col.P="lightblue",density.P=10,
border.P="darkblue")
# add grid lines
plot_profile_holland(x=A,gr=3,pos.M="r",gridl=(TRUE),col.P="lightblue",
density.P=10,border.P="darkblue",lwd.P=2)
# plot 'blank' Hexagon without any interests profile ... tic marks suppressed
# but with Hexagon size adapted to the scaling given in 'A' (argument x)
plot_profile_holland(x=A,gr=3,vector=FALSE,gridl=TRUE,col.G="lightblue",
measure=F,polyg=FALSE)
# but with Hexagon size adapted to fixed range step width
plot_profile_holland(x=A,gr=3,vector=FALSE,gridl=TRUE,ri.M=70,ro.M=130,m=10,
measure=F,polyg=FALSE)
# ... centered
plot_profile_holland(x=A,gr=3,center=TRUE,vector=FALSE,gridl=TRUE,ri.M=70,
ro.M=130,m=20,measure=F,polyg=FALSE)
# ... with surrounding circle
plot_profile_holland(x=A,gr=3,circle=TRUE,center=TRUE,vector=FALSE,gridl=TRUE,
ri.M=70,ro.M=130,m=20,measure=F,polyg=FALSE)
# etc. pp. ... try different styles ...

## End(Not run)

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