plotCII {MCPAN}

Plot confidence intervals

Description

A function for convenient plotting of confidence intervals.

Usage

plotCII(estimate, lower = NULL, upper = NULL,
 alternative = c("two.sided", "less", "greater"),
 lines = NULL, lineslty = 2, lineslwd = 1, 
 linescol = "black", CIvert = FALSE, CIlty = 1,
 CIlwd = 1, CIcex = 1, CIcol = "black", CIlength=NULL,
 HL = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

estimate

a (named) numeric vector, the names of the elements are taken as labels of the CI

lower

an optional numeric vector, of the same length as estimate

upper

an optional numeric vector, of the same length as estimate

alternative

a single character string, one of "two.sided", "less", "greater"

lines

an optional numeric (vector) giving the position(s) of line(s) to draw into the plots orthogonal to the confidence intervals

lineslty

possible a vector of line type of the lines, see the options for lty in par

lineslwd

possible a vector of line width of the lines, see the options for lwd in par

linescol

possible a vector of line colors of the lines

CIvert

logical indicating, whether confidence intervals shall be drawn horizontal (default), or vertical (if set to TRUE)

CIlty

single value, to specify the line type used for the CI, see options for lty in ?par

CIlwd

single value, to specify the width type used for the CI, see options for lty in ?par

CIcex

single value, to specify the extension of sympols in the plot, see options for cex in ?par

CIcol

single value, to specify the color used for the CI

CIlength

single numeric value, to be passed to the argument length in function arrows; to specify the lengths of the CI bounds (in inches); defaults to 0.08 and 0.05 for less than 25 and more than 25 CIs, respectively

HL

a logical, if TRUE (default), plot margins of the are adjusted depending on the length of the names by appropriate calls to par; this might be incompatible with combining the plot with others in the same device. If set to FALSE, its up to the user to choose appropriate plot margins by calling to par.

...

further arguments to be passed to plot

See Also

plotCI, for more convenient methods

Examples

est<-c(1,2,3)
names(est)<-c("A", "B", "C")
lw=c(0,1,2)
up=c(2,3,4)

plotCII(estimate=est, lower=lw, upper=up)


plotCII(estimate=est, lower=lw, upper=up,
lines=c(-1,0,1),
lineslty=c(3,1,3),
lineslwd=c(1,2,1))

###########

names(est)<-c("very long names",
 "e v e n  l o n g e r  n a m e s", "C")

plotCII(estimate=est, lower=lw, upper=up,
 CIcol=c("black","green","red"),
 HL=TRUE
)

###########


names(est)<-c("very long names", 
 "e v e n  l o n g e r  n a m e s", "C")

plotCII(estimate=est, lower=lw, upper=up,
 CIcol=c("black","green","red"),
 HL=TRUE
)

op<-par(no.readonly = TRUE)

layout(matrix(1:2, ncol=1))

par(mar=c(5,14,3,1))

plotCII(estimate=est, lower=lw, upper=up,
 main="Lala 1",
 CIcol=c("black","green","red"),
 lines=-1,
 HL=FALSE
)


plotCII(estimate=est, lower=lw, upper=up,
 main="Lala 2",
 CIcol=c("black","green","red"),
 lines=c(0,1),
 HL=FALSE
)

par(op)