--- title: "Introduction to ggskewboxplots" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{ggskewboxplots} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- # What is `ggskewboxplots`? The package provides alternative boxplots that help better visualize the skewness and asymmetry in data distributions by using different lower and upper whisker calculations than the classic boxplot. # Installation and Loading Since you are developing locally, load the package using: ```{r} library(ggskewboxplots) ``` # Basic Usage Here is an example of drawing alternative boxplots of hwy by class in the mpg dataset: ```{r} library(ggplot2) library(ggskewboxplots) ggplot(mpg, aes(x = class, y = hwy)) + geom_skewboxplot(method = "walker") ``` # Methods You can choose from the following whisker calculation methods by setting the method argument in `geom_skewboxplot()`: | Method | Description | | ------------- | ----------------------------------------- | | `"tukey"` | Classic Tukey boxplot | | `"kimber"` | Kimber’s modified method | | `"hubert"` | Hubert’s median-based skewness method | | `"adil"` | Combination of skewness and median center | | `"babura"` | Bowley’s coefficient method (variant 1) | | `"walker"` | Bowley’s coefficient method (variant 2) | | `"junsawang"` | Bowley coefficient alternative method | # Additional Parameters `k`: Tuning parameter for whisker length (default is 1.5). For example: ```{r} ggplot(mpg, aes(x = class, y = hwy)) + geom_skewboxplot(method = "adil", k = 2) ``` # Example: Comparing Different Methods ```{r} library(gridExtra) p1 <- ggplot(mpg, aes(x = class, y = hwy)) + geom_skewboxplot(method = "tukey") + ggtitle("Tukey") p2 <- ggplot(mpg, aes(x = class, y = hwy)) + geom_skewboxplot(method = "kimber") + ggtitle("Kimber") p3 <- ggplot(mpg, aes(x = class, y = hwy)) + geom_skewboxplot(method = "hubert") + ggtitle("Hubert") gridExtra::grid.arrange(p1, p2, p3, ncol = 1) ```