Radar chart

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The fmsb package allows to build radar chart in R. Next examples explain how to format your data to build a basic version, and what are the available option to customize the chart appearance.

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It is totally doable to show several groups on the same spider chart, still using the fmsb package. The examples below will guide you through this process. But keep in mind that displaying more than 2 or 3 groups will result in a cluttered and unreadable figure. ( read more )

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There is a lot of criticism going around spider chart. Before using it in a project, you probably want to learn more about it.

Why it's dangerous

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The web is full of astonishing R charts made by awesome bloggers. The R graph gallery tries to display some of the best creations and explain how their source code works. If you want to display your work here, please drop me a word or even better, submit a Pull Request!

Note: the radar chart examples below are built with ggplot2, which is a nice addition to the fmsb examples above.