box_plots: Plot a series of boxplots

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Plot a series of boxplots

Description

Plot a series of boxplots

Usage

box_plots(
  data,
  timeperiod,
  value,
  title = "",
  subtitle = "",
  xlab = "",
  ylab = ""
)

Arguments

data	data.frame or tibble which will be fed into ggplot functions. This object should contain the fields used for the arguments within this function
timeperiod	unquoted field name for the field containing the time period
value	unquoted field name for the field containing the values for the indicator that is being plotted
title	string; title of chart
subtitle	string; subtitle of the chart
xlab	string; x-axis title
ylab	string; y-axis title

Value

a ggplot of boxplots for an indicator for containing values for multiple areas over time

See Also

Other quick charts: compare_areas(), compare_indicators(), map(), overview(), population(), trends()

Examples

library(dplyr)
df <- create_test_data()

df_box <- df %>%
        filter(AreaType == "Local") %>%
        arrange(IndicatorName) %>%
        mutate(Timeperiod = rep(c("2011", "2012", "2013", "2014", "2015", "2016"),
                                each = 100))
p <- box_plots(df_box,
               timeperiod = Timeperiod,
               value = Value,
               title = "Title of chart",
               subtitle = "Boxplot over time",
               ylab = "Proportion (%)")

PublicHealthEngland/fingertipscharts documentation built on Sept. 21, 2023, 10:31 p.m.