X-Y-Z Scatterplot - R Statistics

Produces a 3-dimensional scatterplot using R Statistics.

 

1.Install R-Statistics (once only)

2.Run the Winsteps analysis.

3.Plots menu

4.Click on the 3D Scatterplot
Submenu of Output Files displays

5.Click on the Output File containing the 3 columns of numbers you want to scatterplot

6.3D Scatterplot Control dialog box displays

 

 

7.Choose the variables for the x-, y- and z-axis values

8.Select Color cluster? and choose Colored? points.

9.Make other changes (if any)

10.Click on '3D Scatterplot" button

11.R Statistics launches

12.3D Scatterplot displays.

 

 

 

 

 

3D Scatterplot Control

scatterplot3d instruction

Meaning

Default:

Plotting values from:

scatterplot3d (xyz,

xyz is generated from a Winsteps output File.

Input file containing 3 columns of numbers

SCOREFILE= score and measure file

x-axis values

first column in xyz

values on x-axis

column 1 in output file

y-axis values

second column in xyz

values on y-axis

column 2 in output file

z-axis values

third column in xyz

values on z-axis

column 3 in output file

Color cluster?

color=

use values to construct colored clusters of points

yes

Top title:

main=

title above scatterplot.

TITLE=

Bottom title

sub=

title beneath scatterplot

name of Output file

x-axis title

xlab=

label for x-axis

title of x-value column

y-axis title

yab=

label for y-axis

title of y-value column

z-axis title

zlab=

label for z-axis

title of z-value column

Type of plot: Points, Lines, Points and lines, Vertical lines

type=

how the points are displayed on the plot

Points

Draw axes?

axis=

are the x-, y-, z- axes shown

Yes

Show tick marks?

tick.marks=

are the tick marks shown on the axes?

Yes

Labels tick marks?

label.tick.marks=

do the tick marks have numerical labels?

Yes

Highlight 3D?

highlight.3d=

some points emphasized in black

No

Show grid?

grid=

gridlines shown on x, z axis plane

Yes

Box around plot?

box=

enclose plotted points in a box?

Yes

Scale of y-axis

scale.y=

scale of y-axis relative to x-axis

set by software

y-label padding

y.margin.add=

extra gap between y-axis label and y-axis

set by software

Colored? points

color=

up to 4 colors for 4 clusters of points. For black:

Set: Greys

Color number: 9

Set 1, colors 1, 5, 7, 8

Colored? axes, grid, labels

col.axis=m col.grid=, col.lab=

color to use when displaying these elements. If blank, the color is black.

Set 1, colors 2, 3, 4

Set:

RColorBrewer palette. .

 

range of colors for Colored? Some palettes are shown.

For all, type at the R prompt:

> display.brewer.all()

Set1. Colors in each set are numbered from 1 onwards.

Font type: axis, label

font.axis=, font.grid=

 

font style on for axis labels and other labels

Plain

Plain, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic

values for font.axis=, font.grid=

font style on plot

Plain

Point symbol

pch=

symbol ot use for plotted points

1, small circle

Magnification:  Point symbols, Axis annotation, Labels

cex.symbol=, cex.axis=, cex.lab=

change size of symbols and letters

set by software

Line-type: Axis, Grid, Hidden, Vertical

lty.axis=, lty.grid=, lty.hide=, lty.hplot=

format of plotted lines

solid

Solid, Dashed, Dotted, Dotdash, Longdash, Twodash, None

available line options

formatted of plotted lines. None = no line shown

solid

3D Scatterplot

launch R statistics: scatterplot3d

3D x-y-z scatterplot is displayed

library(scatterplot3d)

> scatterplot3d(...

Exit


current dialog box setting are saved and dialog box is closed


Cancel


dialog box is closed. Setting of most recent displayed scatter box are saved.


Reset to defaults


all values are reset to their default values

settings are reset to default values when Winsteps is launched


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