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Documentation for package ‘TeachingDemos’ version 2.2

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TeachingDemos-package Various functions for demonstration and learning.

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bct Box-Cox Transforms

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ccc Sample data downloaded and converted from a GPS unit
char2seed Convert a character string into a random seed
chisq.detail Print details of a chi-squared test
ci.examp Plot examples of Confidence Intervals
clipplot Clip plotting to a rectangular region
clt.examp Plot Examples of the Central Limit Theorem
cnvrt.coords Convert between the 5 different coordinate sytems on a graphical device
coin.faces Designs for coin faces for use with plot.rgl.coin
col2gray Convert colors to grey/grayscale
col2grey Convert colors to grey/grayscale

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dice Simulate rolling dice
dots Create a quick dotchart (histogram)
dots2 Create a quick dotchart (histogram)
dynIdentify Interacively place labels for points in a plot

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emp.hpd Compute Highest Posterior Density Intervals
etxtComment Save a transcript of commands and/or output to a text file.
etxtPlot Save a transcript of commands and/or output to a text file.
etxtSkip Save a transcript of commands and/or output to a text file.
etxtStart Save a transcript of commands and/or output to a text file.
etxtStop Save a transcript of commands and/or output to a text file.

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face2.plot Chernoff Faces
faces Chernoff Faces
faces2 Chernoff Faces
fagan.plot Create a Fagan plot to demonstrate Bayes Theorem and screening tests
flip.rgl.coin Animated die roll or coin flip

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gp.close Alpha version functions to send plotting commands to GnuPlot
gp.open Alpha version functions to send plotting commands to GnuPlot
gp.plot Alpha version functions to send plotting commands to GnuPlot
gp.send Alpha version functions to send plotting commands to GnuPlot

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h2h Sample data downloaded and converted from a GPS unit
hpd Compute Highest Posterior Density Intervals

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identify.Map Identify polygons within a plotted map from the maptools packages.
identify.polylist Identify polygons within a plotted map from the maptools packages.

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lattice.demo Interactively explore the conditioned panels in lattice plots.
limits.g Functions to plot Shewhart g chart
loess.demo Demonstrate the internals of loess curve fits

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mle.demo Demonstrate the basic concept of Maximum Likelihood Estimation
ms.arrows Symbol functions/data to be passed as symb argument to my.symbols
ms.female Symbol functions/data to be passed as symb argument to my.symbols
ms.filled.polygon Symbol functions/data to be passed as symb argument to my.symbols
ms.male Symbol functions/data to be passed as symb argument to my.symbols
ms.polygon Symbol functions/data to be passed as symb argument to my.symbols
ms.polygram Symbol functions/data to be passed as symb argument to my.symbols
ms.sunflowers Symbol functions/data to be passed as symb argument to my.symbols
my.symbols Draw Symbols (User Defined) on a Plot

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panel.dice Simulate rolling dice
plot.dice Simulate rolling dice
plot.rgl.coin Animated die roll or coin flip
plot.rgl.die Animated die roll or coin flip
plot2script Create a script from the current plot
plotFagan Create a Fagan plot to demonstrate Bayes Theorem and screening tests
plotFagan2 Create a Fagan plot to demonstrate Bayes Theorem and screening tests
power.examp Graphically illustrate the concept of power.
power.refresh Graphically illustrate the concept of power.
prepanel.dice Simulate rolling dice
project.Map Apply projections to Map objects (from maptools package)
put.points.demo Demonstrate Correlation and Regression by placing and moving data points

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recenter.Map Recenter a Map object from the maptools package.
rgl.Map Plot a map in an rgl window
roc.demo Demonstrate ROC curves by interactively building one
roll.rgl.die Animated die roll or coin flip
rotate.cloud Interactively rotate 3D plots
rotate.persp Interactively rotate 3D plots
rotate.wireframe Interactively rotate 3D plots
run.ci.examp Plot examples of Confidence Intervals
run.cor.examp Interactively demonstrate correlations
run.cor2.examp Interactively demonstrate correlations
run.hist.demo Create a histogram and interactively change the number of bars.
run.old.cor.examp Interactively demonstrate correlations
run.old.cor2.examp Interactively demonstrate correlations
run.power.examp Graphically illustrate the concept of power.

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sd.g Functions to plot Shewhart g chart
SensSpec.demo Demonstrate Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, and NPV
slider slider / button control widgets
sliderv Create a Tk slider window
spread.labs Spread out close points for labeling in plots
squishplot Squish the plotting area to a specified aspect ratio
state.vbm Map object for the US State Visibility Based Map
stats.g Functions to plot Shewhart g chart
strip.shingle strip function for trellis plots
subplot Embed a new plot within an existing plot

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TeachingDemos Various functions for demonstration and learning.
TkApprox Plot a set of data in a Tk window and interactively move lines to see predicted y-values corresponding to selected x-values.
tkBrush Change the Color and Styles of points interactively
tkexamp Create Tk dialog boxes with controls to show examples of changing parameters on a graph.
TkIdentify Interacively place labels for points in a plot
TkSpline Plot a set of data in a Tk window and interactively move a line to see predicted y-values from a spline fit corresponding to selected x-values.
towork Sample data downloaded and converted from a GPS unit
tree.demo Interactively demonstrate regression trees
triplot Create or add to a Trilinear Plot
txtComment Save a transcript of commands and/or output to a text file.
txtSkip Save a transcript of commands and/or output to a text file.
txtStart Save a transcript of commands and/or output to a text file.
txtStop Save a transcript of commands and/or output to a text file.

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vis.binom Plot various distributions then interactivly adjust the parameters.
vis.boxcox Interactively visualize Box-Cox transformations
vis.boxcoxu Interactively visualize Box-Cox transformations
vis.gamma Plot various distributions then interactivly adjust the parameters.
vis.normal Plot various distributions then interactivly adjust the parameters.
vis.t Plot various distributions then interactivly adjust the parameters.

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z.test Z test for known population standard deviation
zoomplot Zoom or unzoom an existing plot in the plot window