Draw ggplot2 Graphic with Marginal Plot in R (Example Code)
In this article, I’ll illustrate how to add a marginal plot to a ggplot2 graphic in the R programming language.
Setting up the Example
data(iris) # Import example data head(iris) # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa |
data(iris) # Import example data head(iris) # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa
install.packages("ggplot2") # Install & load ggplot2 library("ggplot2") |
install.packages("ggplot2") # Install & load ggplot2 library("ggplot2")
my_plot <- ggplot(iris, # Draw ggplot2 plot without marginal plot aes(x = Petal.Length, y = Sepal.Length, col = Species)) + geom_point() + theme(legend.position = "bottom") my_plot |
my_plot <- ggplot(iris, # Draw ggplot2 plot without marginal plot aes(x = Petal.Length, y = Sepal.Length, col = Species)) + geom_point() + theme(legend.position = "bottom") my_plot
Example: Draw ggplot2 Scatterplot & Marginal Histogram Using ggMarginal() Function of ggExtra Package
install.packages("ggExtra") # Install ggExtra package library("ggExtra") # Load ggExtra |
install.packages("ggExtra") # Install ggExtra package library("ggExtra") # Load ggExtra
ggMarginal(my_plot, # Apply ggMarginal function type = "histogram", groupColour = TRUE, groupFill = TRUE) |
ggMarginal(my_plot, # Apply ggMarginal function type = "histogram", groupColour = TRUE, groupFill = TRUE)
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