source("http://192.38.117.59/~linearpredictors/datafiles/readVitaminD.R") irlwomen$bmigroup3 <- cut(irlwomen$bmi, c(0,25, 30, Inf), right = F, labels = 0:2) xbar <- tapply(irlwomen$vitd, irlwomen$bmigroup3, mean) ## Scatterplot of Vitamin D against the 3 bmi groups. offset <- c(5/4, 2, 11/4) stripchart(irlwomen$vitd ~ irlwomen$bmigroup3, vertical = TRUE, pch = 21, method = "jitter", jitter = 0.01, group.names = c("","",""), xlab = "BMI", ylab = "Vitamin D", at = offset ## where to place groups at x axis ) axis(1, at = offset, labels = expression("" < 25, 25-30, "" >= 30)) ## marking groupwise means of Vitamin D r <- 0.04 segments(offset-r, xbar, offset+r, xbar)