Cleveland Dot Plot

The Cleveland dot plot is an alternative to Bar Chart, replacing a bar with a single dot.

  • Cleveland dot plots need to be sorted in descending order just like Bar Charts
  • Use geom_point in ggplot2 to create a Cleveland dot plot
  • When you have other variables other than the categorical variable, Cleveland dot plots can easily adopt multiple dots
    • Use fct_reorder2 in forcats to reorder dots based on one variable
  • Facets, the reasonable cut, and other techniques for EDAV - Categorical Data apply to Cleveland dot plots
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