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https://github.com/cwendorf/polyplot

Visualizing Distributional Statistics [R Package]
https://github.com/cwendorf/polyplot

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Visualizing Distributional Statistics [R Package]

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# `polyPlot`

## A Tool for Visualizing Distributional Statistics

[![minimal R version](https://img.shields.io/badge/R%3E%3D-3.6.2-6666ff.svg)](https://cran.r-project.org/)
[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

### Overview

**polyPlot** is a small R package that offers a modified version of Seier and Bonett's (2011) polyplot, a visualization tool for various distributional summary statistics.



### Installation

This package is not currently on CRAN, but can be installed and loaded using these R commands:

``` r
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("cwendorf/polyPlot")
library(polyPlot)
```

If you do not wish a full install, the latest functions can be made available using these R commands:

```r
source("http://raw.githubusercontent.com/cwendorf/polyPlot/main/source-polyPlot.R")
```

### Usage

The [Tutorial for polyPlot](./docs/polyPlotTutorial.md) provides:

- An explanation of the basic and advanced polyplot functions
- Methods for adding histograms and density curves to the polyplot
- Examples of the polyplot for various distributional shapes

### Contact Me

- GitHub Issues: [https://github.com/cwendorf/polyPlot/issues](https://github.com/cwendorf/polyPlot/issues)
- Author Email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
- Author Homepage: [https://cwendorf.github.io](https://cwendorf.github.io)

### Citation

Wendorf, C.A. (2022). *polyPlot: A tool for visualizing distributional statistics* [R Package]. [https://github.com/cwendorf/polyPlot](https://github.com/cwendorf/polyPlot)