Tiny Likert Plots

1_tiny_likert.py

import plotly.graph_objects as go
import numpy as np
from slugify import slugify

from results.process_input import process_intro, process_questions_intro
from results.report import color


def tiny_likert(answers):
    fig = go.Figure([
        # Base markers
        go.Bar(x=np.arange(1, 6), y=np.repeat(np.max(answers.values) * 0.05, 5), marker_line_width=0, marker_color=color.gray),
        # Likert bars
        go.Bar(x=answers.index, y=answers.values, marker_line_width=0, marker_color=color.testaxis_brand)
    ])

    fig.update_layout(
        width=160,
        height=96,
        xaxis_range=[0.5, 5.5],
        yaxis_range=[0, np.max(answers.values)],
        margin=dict(t=0, r=0, b=0, l=0),
        yaxis_visible=False,
        xaxis_visible=False,
        paper_bgcolor='rgba(0,0,0,0)',
        plot_bgcolor='rgba(0,0,0,0)',
        bargap=0.1,
        showlegend=False,
        barmode='stack'
    )

    return fig

# Usage example
# (I have a main script calling all `generate` functions of the plot scripts in a subdirectory that outputs the plots as PDFs)
def generate():
    df_intro = process_intro()
    df_intro_questions = process_questions_intro()
    intro_questions = df_intro_questions[df_intro_questions['type'] == 'likert']['question']

    return dict(
        [
            (
                slugify(question),
                tiny_likert(df_intro[question].value_counts().sort_index())
            )
            for question in intro_questions
        ]
    )


def separate_directory():
    return True

2_example.tex

% Tiny Likert
% Based on https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/258299/embed-small-image-within-a-line-of-text
% (likely requires some customization)

\newcommand*{\tinylikert}[1]{%
    \raisebox{-.2\baselineskip}{%
        \includegraphics[
        height=.8\baselineskip,
        ]{#1}%
    }%
}

\begin{document}

This is an example (\tinylikert{plots/tinylikert/i-consider-myself-to-be-experienced-in-developing-software-applications.pdf}).

\end{document}

3_text_example.png

4_example_output.pdf

5_example_output.pdf