plotrix (version 2.5-2)

diamondplot: Plot multiple variables as polygons on a radial grid.

Description

diamondplot displays a plot of polygons on a radial grid representing the relationships between one or more attributes of data objects. For a slightly different style of plot, see the "spiderweb plot" example in radial.plot.

Usage

diamondplot(x, bg=gray(0.6), col=rainbow,name="", ...)

Arguments

x

A data frame containing numeric values that represent attributes (possibly repeated observations) of data objects. See the example.

bg

The background color for the plot.

col

The colors for the polygons.

name

Labels for each data unit (e.g. car model).

...

additional arguments passed to plot.

Value

• nil

See Also

plot, link{radial.plot}

Examples

data(mtcars)
 mysubset<-mtcars[substr(dimnames(mtcars)[[1]],1,1)=="M",c("mpg","hp","wt","disp")]
 diamondplot(mysubset)