How to interpret a mosaic plot in R?
The mosaic plot shown bellow is the product of this code
mosaicplot(table(survey$Air,survey$Satisfaction),
main = "Satisfaction with Airconditioning and Overall Satisfaction")
Bear in mind that the satisfactions were coded as binary, where levels of satisfaction of 1,2,3 are coded as 0, and levels of satisfaction of 4,5 were coded as 1. I do not really know how to interpret the mosaic plot. Any help is appreciated! 
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The mosaic plot shown bellow is the product of this code
mosaicplot(table(survey$Air,survey$Satisfaction),
main = "Satisfaction with Airconditioning and Overall Satisfaction")
Bear in mind that the satisfactions were coded as binary, where levels of satisfaction of 1,2,3 are coded as 0, and levels of satisfaction of 4,5 were coded as 1. I do not really know how to interpret the mosaic plot. Any help is appreciated!
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The mosaic plot shown bellow is the product of this code
mosaicplot(table(survey$Air,survey$Satisfaction),
main = "Satisfaction with Airconditioning and Overall Satisfaction")
Bear in mind that the satisfactions were coded as binary, where levels of satisfaction of 1,2,3 are coded as 0, and levels of satisfaction of 4,5 were coded as 1. I do not really know how to interpret the mosaic plot. Any help is appreciated!
r data-visualization inference interpretation
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The mosaic plot shown bellow is the product of this code
mosaicplot(table(survey$Air,survey$Satisfaction),
main = "Satisfaction with Airconditioning and Overall Satisfaction")
Bear in mind that the satisfactions were coded as binary, where levels of satisfaction of 1,2,3 are coded as 0, and levels of satisfaction of 4,5 were coded as 1. I do not really know how to interpret the mosaic plot. Any help is appreciated!
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A mosaic plot helps to visualize the statistical association between two categorical variables, in your case between having AC (0, 1) and high satisfaction (0, 1).
The frequency distribution of the first variable (AC) is represented on the horizontal axis. The relative frequency of each factor level is proportional to the width of the corresponding segment on the x-axis. In your case, most observations are 0, so no AC was available. In pseudo-code, you would obtain the corresponding values by
prop.table(table(AC))The joint frequency distribution (the relative frequencies of each combination of the two factors) is represented by the areas of the corresponding rectangles. In your case, there are many dissatisfied persons without AC. You would get these relative frequencies by
table(AC, satisfaction).Within each level of the first variable, the frequency distribution of the second variable (satisfaction) is shown vertically. If these conditional distributions look similar, there is no or only a weak association between the two factors. If they look very different like in your case, you would speak of a clear association. In the no-AC group (the left vertical bar), a clear minority (about 10%) is satisfied. In the AC group (the right vertical bar), more than half of the persons were satisfied. In pseudo.code, you would get the corresponding proportions by
prop.table(table(AC, satisfaction), margin = 1).
Typically, the third information is usually the reason to look at a mosaic plot. The order of the variables is essential.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:32
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A mosaic plot recursively partitions the area in the plot by the proportions of each margin conditional on all previous margins.
- Thus, the widths of the cells in the two columns corresponds to the first margin
Airand shows that there were many respondents that had lower satisfaction with air conditioning (0) and only few with high satisfaction (1). - The height of the cells correspond to the second margin
Satisfactionand show the conditional proportion for overall satisfaction given satisfaction with air conditioning. This brings out clearly that those with low air conditioning satisfaction (left column) have a low overall satisfaction (lower left cell). In contrast, the proportion of high overall satisfaction (lower right cell) is much higher among those with high air conditioning satisfaction (right column).
The plot can be enhanced by using a shading for the "dependent" variable (second split) but with zero spacing. Such a version is produced by the default plot() method if both Air and Satisfaction are coded as factor variables. Possibly reversing the order of the levels on the y axis might help. Try:
plot(Satisfaction ~ Air, data = survey)
plot(Satisfaction ~ Air, data = survey, ylevels = 2:1)
(Had your example been reproducible, we could have shown you this in more detail.)
answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:25
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Faster and more general than my answer (+1).
– Michael M
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Thank you very much for your answer, it was really helpful!
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A mosaic plot helps to visualize the statistical association between two categorical variables, in your case between having AC (0, 1) and high satisfaction (0, 1).
The frequency distribution of the first variable (AC) is represented on the horizontal axis. The relative frequency of each factor level is proportional to the width of the corresponding segment on the x-axis. In your case, most observations are 0, so no AC was available. In pseudo-code, you would obtain the corresponding values by
prop.table(table(AC))The joint frequency distribution (the relative frequencies of each combination of the two factors) is represented by the areas of the corresponding rectangles. In your case, there are many dissatisfied persons without AC. You would get these relative frequencies by
table(AC, satisfaction).Within each level of the first variable, the frequency distribution of the second variable (satisfaction) is shown vertically. If these conditional distributions look similar, there is no or only a weak association between the two factors. If they look very different like in your case, you would speak of a clear association. In the no-AC group (the left vertical bar), a clear minority (about 10%) is satisfied. In the AC group (the right vertical bar), more than half of the persons were satisfied. In pseudo.code, you would get the corresponding proportions by
prop.table(table(AC, satisfaction), margin = 1).
Typically, the third information is usually the reason to look at a mosaic plot. The order of the variables is essential.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:32
Michael M
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Thank you for answering and explaining it in such a good manner!
– Katarina
Dec 30 '18 at 22:27
add a comment |
A mosaic plot helps to visualize the statistical association between two categorical variables, in your case between having AC (0, 1) and high satisfaction (0, 1).
The frequency distribution of the first variable (AC) is represented on the horizontal axis. The relative frequency of each factor level is proportional to the width of the corresponding segment on the x-axis. In your case, most observations are 0, so no AC was available. In pseudo-code, you would obtain the corresponding values by
prop.table(table(AC))The joint frequency distribution (the relative frequencies of each combination of the two factors) is represented by the areas of the corresponding rectangles. In your case, there are many dissatisfied persons without AC. You would get these relative frequencies by
table(AC, satisfaction).Within each level of the first variable, the frequency distribution of the second variable (satisfaction) is shown vertically. If these conditional distributions look similar, there is no or only a weak association between the two factors. If they look very different like in your case, you would speak of a clear association. In the no-AC group (the left vertical bar), a clear minority (about 10%) is satisfied. In the AC group (the right vertical bar), more than half of the persons were satisfied. In pseudo.code, you would get the corresponding proportions by
prop.table(table(AC, satisfaction), margin = 1).
Typically, the third information is usually the reason to look at a mosaic plot. The order of the variables is essential.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:32
Michael M
6,15332035
1
Thank you for answering and explaining it in such a good manner!
– Katarina
Dec 30 '18 at 22:27
add a comment |
A mosaic plot helps to visualize the statistical association between two categorical variables, in your case between having AC (0, 1) and high satisfaction (0, 1).
The frequency distribution of the first variable (AC) is represented on the horizontal axis. The relative frequency of each factor level is proportional to the width of the corresponding segment on the x-axis. In your case, most observations are 0, so no AC was available. In pseudo-code, you would obtain the corresponding values by
prop.table(table(AC))The joint frequency distribution (the relative frequencies of each combination of the two factors) is represented by the areas of the corresponding rectangles. In your case, there are many dissatisfied persons without AC. You would get these relative frequencies by
table(AC, satisfaction).Within each level of the first variable, the frequency distribution of the second variable (satisfaction) is shown vertically. If these conditional distributions look similar, there is no or only a weak association between the two factors. If they look very different like in your case, you would speak of a clear association. In the no-AC group (the left vertical bar), a clear minority (about 10%) is satisfied. In the AC group (the right vertical bar), more than half of the persons were satisfied. In pseudo.code, you would get the corresponding proportions by
prop.table(table(AC, satisfaction), margin = 1).
Typically, the third information is usually the reason to look at a mosaic plot. The order of the variables is essential.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:32
Michael M
6,15332035
A mosaic plot helps to visualize the statistical association between two categorical variables, in your case between having AC (0, 1) and high satisfaction (0, 1).
The frequency distribution of the first variable (AC) is represented on the horizontal axis. The relative frequency of each factor level is proportional to the width of the corresponding segment on the x-axis. In your case, most observations are 0, so no AC was available. In pseudo-code, you would obtain the corresponding values by
prop.table(table(AC))The joint frequency distribution (the relative frequencies of each combination of the two factors) is represented by the areas of the corresponding rectangles. In your case, there are many dissatisfied persons without AC. You would get these relative frequencies by
table(AC, satisfaction).Within each level of the first variable, the frequency distribution of the second variable (satisfaction) is shown vertically. If these conditional distributions look similar, there is no or only a weak association between the two factors. If they look very different like in your case, you would speak of a clear association. In the no-AC group (the left vertical bar), a clear minority (about 10%) is satisfied. In the AC group (the right vertical bar), more than half of the persons were satisfied. In pseudo.code, you would get the corresponding proportions by
prop.table(table(AC, satisfaction), margin = 1).
Typically, the third information is usually the reason to look at a mosaic plot. The order of the variables is essential.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:32
Michael M
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answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:32
Michael M
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answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:32
Michael M
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answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:32
Michael M
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Thank you for answering and explaining it in such a good manner!
– Katarina
Dec 30 '18 at 22:27
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Thank you for answering and explaining it in such a good manner!
– Katarina
Dec 30 '18 at 22:27
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Thank you for answering and explaining it in such a good manner!
– Katarina
Dec 30 '18 at 22:27
Thank you for answering and explaining it in such a good manner!
– Katarina
Dec 30 '18 at 22:27
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A mosaic plot recursively partitions the area in the plot by the proportions of each margin conditional on all previous margins.
- Thus, the widths of the cells in the two columns corresponds to the first margin
Airand shows that there were many respondents that had lower satisfaction with air conditioning (0) and only few with high satisfaction (1). - The height of the cells correspond to the second margin
Satisfactionand show the conditional proportion for overall satisfaction given satisfaction with air conditioning. This brings out clearly that those with low air conditioning satisfaction (left column) have a low overall satisfaction (lower left cell). In contrast, the proportion of high overall satisfaction (lower right cell) is much higher among those with high air conditioning satisfaction (right column).
The plot can be enhanced by using a shading for the "dependent" variable (second split) but with zero spacing. Such a version is produced by the default plot() method if both Air and Satisfaction are coded as factor variables. Possibly reversing the order of the levels on the y axis might help. Try:
plot(Satisfaction ~ Air, data = survey)
plot(Satisfaction ~ Air, data = survey, ylevels = 2:1)
(Had your example been reproducible, we could have shown you this in more detail.)
answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:25
Achim Zeileis
8,38011430
2
Faster and more general than my answer (+1).
– Michael M
Dec 30 '18 at 19:39
Thank you very much for your answer, it was really helpful!
– Katarina
Dec 30 '18 at 22:26
add a comment |
A mosaic plot recursively partitions the area in the plot by the proportions of each margin conditional on all previous margins.
- Thus, the widths of the cells in the two columns corresponds to the first margin
Airand shows that there were many respondents that had lower satisfaction with air conditioning (0) and only few with high satisfaction (1). - The height of the cells correspond to the second margin
Satisfactionand show the conditional proportion for overall satisfaction given satisfaction with air conditioning. This brings out clearly that those with low air conditioning satisfaction (left column) have a low overall satisfaction (lower left cell). In contrast, the proportion of high overall satisfaction (lower right cell) is much higher among those with high air conditioning satisfaction (right column).
The plot can be enhanced by using a shading for the "dependent" variable (second split) but with zero spacing. Such a version is produced by the default plot() method if both Air and Satisfaction are coded as factor variables. Possibly reversing the order of the levels on the y axis might help. Try:
plot(Satisfaction ~ Air, data = survey)
plot(Satisfaction ~ Air, data = survey, ylevels = 2:1)
(Had your example been reproducible, we could have shown you this in more detail.)
answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:25
Achim Zeileis
8,38011430
2
Faster and more general than my answer (+1).
– Michael M
Dec 30 '18 at 19:39
Thank you very much for your answer, it was really helpful!
– Katarina
Dec 30 '18 at 22:26
add a comment |
A mosaic plot recursively partitions the area in the plot by the proportions of each margin conditional on all previous margins.
- Thus, the widths of the cells in the two columns corresponds to the first margin
Airand shows that there were many respondents that had lower satisfaction with air conditioning (0) and only few with high satisfaction (1). - The height of the cells correspond to the second margin
Satisfactionand show the conditional proportion for overall satisfaction given satisfaction with air conditioning. This brings out clearly that those with low air conditioning satisfaction (left column) have a low overall satisfaction (lower left cell). In contrast, the proportion of high overall satisfaction (lower right cell) is much higher among those with high air conditioning satisfaction (right column).
The plot can be enhanced by using a shading for the "dependent" variable (second split) but with zero spacing. Such a version is produced by the default plot() method if both Air and Satisfaction are coded as factor variables. Possibly reversing the order of the levels on the y axis might help. Try:
plot(Satisfaction ~ Air, data = survey)
plot(Satisfaction ~ Air, data = survey, ylevels = 2:1)
(Had your example been reproducible, we could have shown you this in more detail.)
answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:25
Achim Zeileis
8,38011430
A mosaic plot recursively partitions the area in the plot by the proportions of each margin conditional on all previous margins.
- Thus, the widths of the cells in the two columns corresponds to the first margin
Airand shows that there were many respondents that had lower satisfaction with air conditioning (0) and only few with high satisfaction (1). - The height of the cells correspond to the second margin
Satisfactionand show the conditional proportion for overall satisfaction given satisfaction with air conditioning. This brings out clearly that those with low air conditioning satisfaction (left column) have a low overall satisfaction (lower left cell). In contrast, the proportion of high overall satisfaction (lower right cell) is much higher among those with high air conditioning satisfaction (right column).
The plot can be enhanced by using a shading for the "dependent" variable (second split) but with zero spacing. Such a version is produced by the default plot() method if both Air and Satisfaction are coded as factor variables. Possibly reversing the order of the levels on the y axis might help. Try:
plot(Satisfaction ~ Air, data = survey)
plot(Satisfaction ~ Air, data = survey, ylevels = 2:1)
(Had your example been reproducible, we could have shown you this in more detail.)
answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:25
Achim Zeileis
8,38011430
answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:25
Achim Zeileis
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answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:25
Achim Zeileis
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answered Dec 30 '18 at 19:25
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Faster and more general than my answer (+1).
– Michael M
Dec 30 '18 at 19:39
Thank you very much for your answer, it was really helpful!
– Katarina
Dec 30 '18 at 22:26
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2
Faster and more general than my answer (+1).
– Michael M
Dec 30 '18 at 19:39
Thank you very much for your answer, it was really helpful!
– Katarina
Dec 30 '18 at 22:26
2
2
Faster and more general than my answer (+1).
– Michael M
Dec 30 '18 at 19:39
Faster and more general than my answer (+1).
– Michael M
Dec 30 '18 at 19:39
Thank you very much for your answer, it was really helpful!
– Katarina
Dec 30 '18 at 22:26
Thank you very much for your answer, it was really helpful!
– Katarina
Dec 30 '18 at 22:26
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