#' # Create a simple example dataset df <- data.frame( trt = factor(c(1, 1, 2, 2)), resp = c(1, 5, 3, 4), group = factor(c(1, 2, 1, 2)), upper = c(1.1, 5.3, 3.3, 4.2), lower = c(0.8, 4.6, 2.4, 3.6) ) p <- ggplot(df, aes(trt, resp, colour = group)) p + geom_linerange(aes(ymin = lower, ymax = upper)) p + geom_pointrange(aes(ymin = lower, ymax = upper)) p + geom_crossbar(aes(ymin = lower, ymax = upper), width = 0.2) p + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = lower, ymax = upper), width = 0.2) # Draw lines connecting group means p + geom_line(aes(group = group)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = lower, ymax = upper), width = 0.2) # If you want to dodge bars and errorbars, you need to manually # specify the dodge width p <- ggplot(df, aes(trt, resp, fill = group)) p + geom_bar(position = "dodge", stat = "identity") + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = lower, ymax = upper), position = "dodge", width = 0.25) # Because the bars and errorbars have different widths # we need to specify how wide the objects we are dodging are dodge <- position_dodge(width=0.9) p + geom_bar(position = dodge, stat = "identity") + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = lower, ymax = upper), position = dodge, width = 0.25) Run the code above in your browser using DataLab