Divine Stacked Area Plot
Each area of colour represents one part of the whole.
Stacked area plot. A 100 stacked area chart shows how the constituent parts of a whole have changed over time. The values of each group are displayed on top of each other what allows to check on the same figure the evolution of both the total of a numeric variable and the importance of each group. A stacked area chart is the amplification of a basic area chart to display the enlargement of the value of several groups on the same graphic.
StackedAreaPlot enables you to create stacked area plots and layered area plots. Area fills the areas between the curves and stacks them showing the relative contribution of each. You can find area charts under the line chart icon but in general youll probably get better results with recommended charts.
15 Mar 2018 0631 The stack option is part of the graph command but you can be able to recreate a stacked area plot with twoway. The result is a chart with 4 data series stacked one on top of. P.
This can be done using dplyr of with base R. This function wraps the matplotlib area function. Coordinates for the X axis.
This is the best chart to be used to show the distribution of categories as parts of a whole area where the cumulative total is unnecessary. The trick is to create cumulative categories and plot the last category first. With a stream graph the baseline is set through the center of the chart and the areas symmetrically gathered around the central line.
Each group is displayed on top of each other making it easy to read the evolution of the total but hard to read each group value accurately. Use the area chart for showing trends over time among related attributes. The values of each group are displayed on top of each other.