Dot Plots in R

How to make a dot plot in R. Dot plots show changes between two points in time or between two conditions.

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library(plotly)
packageVersion('plotly')

## [1] '4.7.0'

Dot and Dumbbell Plots

s <- read.csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/school_earnings.csv")
s <- s[order(s$Men), ]

p <- plot_ly(s, x = ~Women, y = ~School, name = "Women", type = 'scatter',
             mode = "markers", marker = list(color = "pink")) %>%
  add_trace(x = ~Men, y = ~School, name = "Men",type = 'scatter',
            mode = "markers", marker = list(color = "blue")) %>%
  layout(
    title = "Gender earnings disparity",
    xaxis = list(title = "Annual Salary (in thousands)"),
    margin = list(l = 100)
  )

chart_link = api_create(p, filename="dot-basic-dot-plot")
chart_link

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