Here is a basic example of a mirror histogram plot.
# Libraries
library(ggplot2)
library(hrbrthemes) # library for themes
# Creation of dataset
data <- data.frame(
var1 = rnorm(1000),
var2 = rnorm(1000, mean=2)
)
# Mirror histogram
ggplot(data, aes(x=x) ) +
geom_histogram( aes(x = var1, y = ..density..), fill="#69b3a2" ) +
geom_label( aes(x=4.5, y=0.25, label="variable1"), color="#69b3a2") +
geom_histogram( aes(x = var2, y = -..density..), fill= "#404080") +
geom_label( aes(x=4.5, y=-0.25, label="variable2"), color="#404080") +
theme_ipsum() +
xlab("value of x")
This document is a work of the statistics team in the Biostatistics and Medical Information Department at Saint-Louis Hospital in Paris (SBIM).
Developed and updated by Noémie Bigot and Anouk Walter-Petrich
noemie.bigot@aphp.fr; anouk.walter-petrich@u-paris.fr
Based on The R Graph Gallery by Yan Holtz.