密度图下的面积不等于1

Question

我正在尝试使用ggplot绘制概率密度图。我的问题是曲线下面积不等于1。建议表示赞赏。

示例图表...生成此图表的代码如下：Y轴看起来像是小型垃圾箱的计数，而不是落入垃圾箱的概率。示例代码here是我在准备此图表时提供的资源之一。

示例代码......其中大部分是数据......代码的关键位在底部......

library(ggplot2)
library(reshape)
library(plyr)
library(scales)

Date <- as.Date(
    c("1976-01-16", "1976-02-15", "1976-03-16", "1976-04-15", "1976-05-16",
      "1976-06-15", "1976-07-16", "1976-08-16", "1976-09-15", "1976-10-16",
      "1976-11-15", "1976-12-16", "1977-01-16", "1977-02-14", "1977-03-16",
      "1977-04-15", "1977-05-16", "1977-06-15", "1977-07-16", "1977-08-16",
      "1977-09-15", "1977-10-16", "1977-11-15", "1977-12-16", "1978-01-16",
      "1978-02-14", "1978-03-16", "1978-04-15", "1978-05-16", "1978-06-15",
      "1978-07-16", "1978-08-16", "1978-09-15", "1978-10-16", "1978-11-15",
      "1978-12-16", "1979-01-16", "1979-02-14", "1979-03-16", "1979-04-15",
      "1979-05-16", "1979-06-15", "1979-07-16", "1979-08-16", "1979-09-15",
      "1979-10-16", "1979-11-15", "1979-12-16", "1980-01-16", "1980-02-15",
      "1980-03-16", "1980-04-15", "1980-05-16", "1980-06-15", "1980-07-16",
      "1980-08-16", "1980-09-15", "1980-10-16", "1980-11-15", "1980-12-16",
      "1981-01-16", "1981-02-14", "1981-03-16", "1981-04-15", "1981-05-16",
      "1981-06-15", "1981-07-16", "1981-08-16", "1981-09-15", "1981-10-16",
      "1981-11-15", "1981-12-16", "1982-01-16", "1982-02-14", "1982-03-16",
      "1982-04-15", "1982-05-16", "1982-06-15", "1982-07-16", "1982-08-16",
      "1982-09-15", "1982-10-16", "1982-11-15", "1982-12-16", "1983-01-16",
      "1983-02-14", "1983-03-16", "1983-04-15", "1983-05-16", "1983-06-15",
      "1983-07-16", "1983-08-16", "1983-09-15", "1983-10-16", "1983-11-15",
      "1983-12-16", "1984-01-16", "1984-02-15", "1984-03-16", "1984-04-15",
      "1984-05-16", "1984-06-15", "1984-07-16", "1984-08-16", "1984-09-15",
      "1984-10-16", "1984-11-15", "1984-12-16", "1985-01-16", "1985-02-14",
      "1985-03-16", "1985-04-15", "1985-05-16", "1985-06-15", "1985-07-16",
      "1985-08-16", "1985-09-15", "1985-10-16", "1985-11-15", "1985-12-16"))

GOLD <- c(
  -0.104,  0.051,  0.011, -0.035, -0.008, -0.010, -0.065, -0.067,  0.041,  0.017,
   0.126,  0.023, -0.011,  0.029,  0.087,  0.007, -0.016, -0.044,  0.048, -0.013,
   0.030,  0.062, -0.029,  0.042,  0.078,  0.028,  0.031, -0.045,  0.005,  0.043,
   0.028,  0.090,  0.030,  0.072, -0.094,  0.009,  0.093,  0.080, -0.014, -0.013,
   0.077,  0.084,  0.058,  0.021,  0.184,  0.097,  0.002,  0.169,  0.474, -0.014,
  -0.168, -0.067, -0.007,  0.169,  0.071, -0.025,  0.077, -0.022, -0.059, -0.044,
  -0.063, -0.103, -0.003, -0.008, -0.031, -0.040, -0.113,  0.005,  0.081, -0.014,
  -0.057, -0.009, -0.062, -0.026, -0.117,  0.061, -0.046, -0.058,  0.080,  0.076,
   0.190, -0.031, -0.019,  0.074,  0.079,  0.022, -0.144,  0.030,  0.013, -0.057,
   0.026, -0.017, -0.012, -0.042, -0.030,  0.015, -0.043,  0.041,  0.022, -0.032,
  -0.011,  0.001, -0.083,  0.004, -0.019, -0.002,  0.003, -0.065, -0.063,  0.017,
  -0.044,  0.134, -0.022, -0.014, -0.008,  0.033, -0.014,  0.017, -0.004, -0.023)

df <- data.frame(Date=Date, GOLD=GOLD)

p <- ggplot(data=df, aes(x=GOLD, y=..density..)) +
    stat_density(fill='grey50') +
    xlab('Percent change on previous month') +
    ylab('Density') +
    opts(title='Change in Gold Price in the US')
ggsave(p, width=8, height=4, filename='plot.png', dpi=125)

Answer 1

我认为这不是ggplot的问题，而是你对密度图中y轴的理解。 R中的基础绘图功能绘制相同的东西。您可以将呼叫设置为y=..scaled..以获得相对密度，但如果使用stat_bin()，您将看到实际的直方图，并注意到它不是计数。如果您愿意，可以使用以下内容对数据进行规范化：

GOLD_N <- (GOLD- mean(GOLD))/sd(GOLD)
df <- data.frame(Date=Date, GOLD=GOLD,GOLD_N=GOLD_N)

然后运行你的情节它看起来像这样：

您应该观看此视频，了解如何解释密度函数http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvi9A_tEmXQ但是，如果您习惯于盯着PDF并且总和为1，那么对数据进行标准化将为您提供更直观的绘图。不会误解y轴。 y不是密度中随机绘制的值等于x的概率。