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Plot grouped line chart (figure type 4)

Usage

rub_plot_type_4(
  df,
  x_var,
  x_var_label = NULL,
  x_axis_label = "",
  y_var,
  y_axis_label = "",
  group_var,
  group_label = NULL,
  caption = "",
  caption_prefix = "Quelle:",
  filter_cutoff = 5,
  facet_var = NULL,
  color = RUB_colors["blue"],
  palette_reverse = FALSE,
  base_family = get_font_df()[["family"]],
  base_size = 11
)

Arguments

df

Data frame

x_var

Required variable name for the variable containing the discrete x-coordinates.

x_var_label

Optional variable name for the character variable containing the names of the x variable, defaults to NULL.

x_axis_label

Optional label for the x-axis, defaults to an empty string.

y_var

Required variable name for the variable containing the y-coordinates. Will be coerced to numeric with as.numeric.

y_axis_label

Optional label for the y-axis, defaults to an empty string.

group_var

Variable name for the discrete variable which determines the groups forming one line, e.g. degree_id.

group_label

Optional variable name for the character variable containing the names of the group variable (e.g. degree_txt), defaults to NULL.

caption

Optional character containing the data source for the figure (prefix 'Quelle:' is automatically added).

caption_prefix

Optional character containing the prefix for the caption, defaults to 'Quelle:'.

filter_cutoff

Optional integer marking the cutoff below which all value labels are suppressed, defaults to 5.

facet_var

Optional variable name for the discrete variable to facet by, defaults to NULL.

color

Color for font and borders, defaults to RUB_colors["blue"], i.e. #003560.

palette_reverse

Optional boolean indicating whether the colors in the palette should be reversed, defaults to FALSE.

base_family

base font family, defaults to RubFlama

base_size

base font size, defaults to 11

Value

A ggplot2 object

See also

Examples

# Create test data for all three mandatory variables (x_var, y_var,
# group_var)
df_t4_ex1 <- tibble::tribble(
  ~term,        ~students,              ~degree,
  "Spring '13",       110, "Bachelor 1-Subject",
  "Spring '14",       105, "Bachelor 1-Subject",
  "Spring '15",       124, "Bachelor 1-Subject",
  "Spring '16",       114, "Bachelor 1-Subject",
  "Spring '17",       140, "Bachelor 1-Subject",
  "Spring '13",       121,   "Master 1-Subject",
  "Spring '14",       129,   "Master 1-Subject",
  "Spring '15",       135,   "Master 1-Subject",
  "Spring '16",       168,   "Master 1-Subject",
  "Spring '17",         7,   "Master 1-Subject"
)

rub_plot_type_4(
  df = df_t4_ex1,
  x_var = term,
  y_var = students,
  group_var = degree,
  y_axis_label = stringr::str_wrap(
    string = "Students (1st degree program, 1st and 2nd field of study)",
    width = 35
  ),
  caption = "Vignette example data",
  caption_prefix = "Source:",
  base_family = "sans"
)