A meta-stat for computing slab and interval functions for use with geom_slabinterval() and its derivatives. Generally speaking not intended to be used directly: The API for this stat is experimental and subject to change. This is used as the basis for several other more directly useful stats whose APIs are more stable; it is recommended to use those instead.

stat_slabinterval(
mapping = NULL,
data = NULL,
geom = "slabinterval",
position = "identity",
...,
orientation = NA,
limits_function = NULL,
limits_args = list(),
limits = NULL,
slab_function = NULL,
slab_args = list(),
n = 501,
interval_function = NULL,
interval_args = list(),
point_interval = NULL,
.width = c(0.66, 0.95),
show_slab = TRUE,
show_interval = TRUE,
na.rm = FALSE,
show.legend = c(size = FALSE),
inherit.aes = TRUE
)

Arguments

mapping Set of aesthetic mappings created by aes() or aes_(). If specified and inherit.aes = TRUE (the default), it is combined with the default mapping at the top level of the plot. You must supply mapping if there is no plot mapping. The data to be displayed in this layer. There are three options: If NULL, the default, the data is inherited from the plot data as specified in the call to ggplot(). A data.frame, or other object, will override the plot data. All objects will be fortified to produce a data frame. See fortify() for which variables will be created. A function will be called with a single argument, the plot data. The return value must be a data.frame, and will be used as the layer data. A function can be created from a formula (e.g. ~ head(.x, 10)). Use to override the default connection between stat_slabinterval and geom_slabinterval() Position adjustment, either as a string, or the result of a call to a position adjustment function. Other arguments passed to layer(). They may also be arguments to the paired geom (e.g., geom_pointinterval()) Whether this geom is drawn horizontally ("horizontal") or vertically ("vertical"). The default, NA, automatically detects the orientation based on how the aesthetics are assigned, and should generally do an okay job at this. When horizontal (resp. vertical), the geom uses the y (resp. x) aesthetic to identify different groups, then for each group uses the x (resp. y) aesthetic and the thickness aesthetic to draw a function as an slab, and draws points and intervals horizontally (resp. vertically) using the xmin, x, and xmax (resp. ymin, y, and ymax) aesthetics. For compatibility with the base ggplot naming scheme for orientation, "x" can be used as an alias for "vertical" and "y" as an alias for "horizontal" (tidybayes had an orientation parameter before ggplot did, and I think the tidybayes naming scheme is more intuitive: "x" and "y" are not orientations and their mapping to orientations is, in my opinion, backwards; but the base ggplot naming scheme is allowed for compatibility). A function that takes a data frame of aesthetics and returns a data frame with columns .lower and .upper indicating the limits of the input for the slab function for that data frame. The function may additionally take a trans argument which will be passed the scale transformation object applied to the coordinate space. Additional arguments passed to limits_function Limits for slab_function, as a vector of length two. These limits are combined with those computed by the limits_function as well as the limits defined by the scales of the plot to determine the limits used to draw the slab functions: these limits specify the maximal limits; i.e., if specified, the limits will not be wider than these (but may be narrower). Use NA to leave a limit alone; e.g. limits = c(0, NA) will ensure that the lower limit does not go below 0. A function that takes a data frame of aesthetics and an input parameter (a vector of function inputs), and returns a data frame with columns .input (from the input vector) and .value (result of applying the function to each value of input). Given the results of slab_function, .value will be translated into the f aesthetic and input will be translated into either the x or y aesthetic automatically depending on the value of orientation. Additional arguments passed to limits_function Number of points at which to evaluate slab_function Custom function for generating intervals (for most common use cases the point_interval argument will be easier to use). This function takes a data frame of aesthetics and a .width parameter (a vector of interval widths), and returns a data frame with columns .width (from the .width vector), .value (point summary) and .lower and .upper (endpoints of the intervals, given the .width). Output will be converted to the appropriate x- or y-based aesthetics depending on the value of orientation. If interval_function is NULL, point_interval is used instead. Additional arguments passed to interval_function or point_interval. A function from the point_interval() family (e.g., median_qi, mean_qi, etc). This function should take in a vector of value, and should obey the .width and .simple_names parameters of point_interval() functions, such that when given a vector with .simple_names = TRUE should return a data frame with variables .value, .lower, .upper, and .width. Output will be converted to the appropriate x- or y-based aesthetics depending on the value of orientation. See the point_interval() family of functions for more information. The .width argument passed to interval_function or point_interval. Should the slab portion of the geom be drawn? Default TRUE. Should the interval portion of the geom be drawn? Default TRUE. If FALSE, the default, missing values are removed with a warning. If TRUE, missing values are silently removed. Should this layer be included in the legends? Default is c(size = FALSE), unlike most geoms, to match its common use cases. FALSE hides all legends, TRUE shows all legends, and NA shows only those that are mapped (the default for most geoms). If FALSE, overrides the default aesthetics, rather than combining with them. This is most useful for helper functions that define both data and aesthetics and shouldn't inherit behaviour from the default plot specification, e.g. borders().

Aesthetics

The slab+interval stats and geoms have a wide variety of aesthetics that control the appearance of their three sub-geometries: the slab, the point, and the interval.

These stats support the following aesthetics:

• x: x position of the geometry (when orientation = "vertical"); or sample data to be summarized (when orientation = "horizontal") except for stat_dist_ geometries (which use only one of x or y at a time along with the dist aesthetic).

• y: y position of the geometry (when orientation = "horizontal"); or sample data to be summarized (when orientation = "vertical") except for stat_dist_ geometries (which use only one of x or y at a time along with the dist aesthetic).

In addition, in their default configuration (paired with geom_slabinterval()) the following aesthetics are supported by the underlying geom:

Slab-specific aesthetics

• thickness: The thickness of the slab at each x value (if orientation = "horizontal") or y value (if orientation = "vertical") of the slab.

• side: Which side to place the slab on. "topright", "top", and "right" are synonyms which cause the slab to be drawn on the top or the right depending on if orientation is "horizontal" or "vertical". "bottomleft", "bottom", and "left" are synonyms which cause the slab to be drawn on the bottom or the left depending on if orientation is "horizontal" or "vertical". "topleft" causes the slab to be drawn on the top or the left, and "bottomright" causes the slab to be drawn on the bottom or the right. "both" draws the slab mirrored on both sides (as in a violin plot).

• scale: What proportion of the region allocated to this geom to use to draw the slab. If scale = 1, slabs that use the maximum range will just touch each other. Default is 0.9 to leave some space.

• justification: Justification of the interval relative to the slab, where 0 indicates bottom/left justification and 1 indicates top/right justification (depending on orientation). If justification is NULL (the default), then it is set automatically based on the value of side: when side is "top"/"right" justification is set to 0, when side is "bottom"/"left" justification is set to 1, and when side is "both" justification is set to 0.5.

• datatype: When using composite geoms directly without a stat (e.g. geom_slabinterval()), datatype is used to indicate which part of the geom a row in the data targets: rows with datatype = "slab" target the slab portion of the geometry and rows with datatype = "interval" target the interval portion of the geometry. This is set automatically when using ggdist stats.

Interval-specific aesthetics

• xmin: Left end of the interval sub-geometry (if orientation = "horizontal").

• xmax: Right end of the interval sub-geometry (if orientation = "horizontal").

• ymin: Lower end of the interval sub-geometry (if orientation = "vertical").

• ymax: Upper end of the interval sub-geometry (if orientation = "vertical").

Point-specific aesthetics

• shape: Shape type used to draw the point sub-geometry.

Color aesthetics

• colour: (or color) The color of the interval and point sub-geometries. Use the slab_color, interval_color, or point_color aesthetics (below) to set sub-geometry colors separately.

• fill: The fill color of the slab and point sub-geometries. Use the slab_fill or point_fill aesthetics (below) to set sub-geometry colors separately.

• alpha: The opacity of the slab, interval, and point sub-geometries. Use the slab_alpha, interval_alpha, or point_alpha aesthetics (below) to set sub-geometry colors separately.

• colour_ramp: (or color_ramp) A secondary scale that modifies the color scale to "ramp" to another color. See scale_colour_ramp() for examples.

• fill_ramp: (or fill_ramp) A secondary scale that modifies the fill scale to "ramp" to another color. See scale_fill_ramp() for examples.

Line aesthetics

• size: Width of the outline around the slab (if visible). Also determines the width of the line used to draw the interval and the size of the point, but raw size values are transformed according to the interval_size_domain, interval_size_range, and fatten_point parameters of the geom (see above). Use the slab_size, interval_size, or point_size aesthetics (below) to set sub-geometry line widths separately (note that when size is set directly using the override aesthetics, interval and point sizes are not affected by interval_size_domain, interval_size_range, and fatten_point).

• stroke: Width of the outline around the point sub-geometry.

• linetype: Type of line (e.g., "solid", "dashed", etc) used to draw the interval and the outline of the slab (if it is visible). Use the slab_linetype or interval_linetype aesthetics (below) to set sub-geometry line types separately.

Slab-specific color/line override aesthetics

• slab_fill: Override for fill: the fill color of the slab.

• slab_colour: (or slab_color) Override for colour/color: the outline color of the slab.

• slab_alpha: Override for alpha: the opacity of the slab.

• slab_size: Override for size: the width of the outline of the slab.

• slab_linetype: Override for linetype: the line type of the outline of the slab.

Interval-specific color/line override aesthetics

• interval_colour: (or interval_color) Override for colour/color: the color of the interval.

• interval_alpha: Override for alpha: the opacity of the interval.

• interval_size: Override for size: the line width of the interval.

• interval_linetype: Override for linetype: the line type of the interval.

Point-specific color/line override aesthetics

• point_fill: Override for fill: the fill color of the point.

• point_colour: (or point_color) Override for colour/color: the outline color of the point.

• point_alpha: Override for alpha: the opacity of the point.

• point_size: Override for size: the size of the point.

Other aesthetics (these work as in standard geoms)

• width

• height

• group

See examples of some of these aesthetics in action in vignette("slabinterval"). Learn more about the sub-geom override aesthetics (like interval_color) in the scales documentation. Learn more about basic ggplot aesthetics in vignette("ggplot2-specs").

See geom_slabinterval() for the geom version, intended for use on data that has already been translated into function evaluations, points, and intervals. See stat_sample_slabinterval() and stat_dist_slabinterval() for families of stats built on top of this stat for common use cases (like stat_halfeye). See vignette("slabinterval") for a variety of examples of use.