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Greek and Variables in Plot Titles
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shade.norm <- function(MU, SD, Lower, Upper, fill.color) { | |
cord.x <- c(Lower,seq(Lower,Upper,0.01),Upper) | |
cord.y <- c(0,dnorm(seq(Lower,Upper,0.01), | |
mean = MU, sd = SD),0) | |
y.axis.text <-bquote("Density of N " * " " * "(" * | |
mu * " " * "=" * " " * .(MU) * ","* " " * sigma * | |
" " * "=" * " " * .(SD) * ")") | |
curve(dnorm(x, MU, SD), xlim=c(MU - 4*SD, MU + 4*SD), | |
ylab=y.axis.text) | |
polygon(cord.x, cord.y, col=fill.color) | |
} | |
#The function is then called using shade.norm() | |
#So, which proportion of the population has IQs between 80 and 90? | |
shade.norm(100, 15, 80, 90, 'red') | |
#And, if we don't like red, | |
shade.norm(100, 15, 120, 130, 'blue') | |
#Or green? | |
shade.norm(5, 1.3, 2,4, 'green') | |
#Now, if we want to change how filled in the plot is, we can | |
#add an additional argument to our function. To keep things | |
#straight, I'm going to make a new function called | |
# shade.norm.density, and add a sixth argument, fill.density. | |
#This then appears in the plotting command, as the argument | |
# that corresponds with, you guessed it, the density of the | |
#color on the polygon function. | |
shade.norm.density <- function(MU, SD, Lower, Upper, | |
fill.color, fill.density){ | |
cord.x <- c(Lower,seq(Lower,Upper,0.01),Upper) | |
cord.y <- c(0,dnorm(seq(Lower,Upper,0.01), mean = MU, sd = SD),0) | |
y.axis.text <-bquote("Density of N " * " " * "(" * | |
mu * " " * "=" * " " * .(MU) * ","* " " * sigma * | |
" " * "=" * " " * .(SD) * ")") | |
curve(dnorm(x, MU, SD), xlim=c(MU - 4*SD, MU + 4*SD) | |
, ylab=y.axis.text) | |
polygon(cord.x, cord.y, col=fill.color, density = fill.density) | |
} | |
shade.norm.density(0, 1, 1, 2, 'darkblue', 45) |
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