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R or S-plus code for scaled rectangle diagrams?

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Subject: R or S-plus code for scaled rectangle diagrams?
From: "Alan Hochberg" <alan.hochberg@prosanos.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 09:15:39 -0400
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Does anyone know of an R or S-Plus function to draw scaled rectangle diagrams?  This variation on Venn diagrams is described here:

 

Marshall, RJ.  Displaying clinical data relationships using scaled rectangle diagrams.  Statist. Med. 2001;20:1077-1088.

 

http://www.health.auckland.ac.nz/population-health/epidemiology-biostats/span/sim_rectanglediagrams.pdf

 

Note to my academic colleagues: Given the algorithmic, geometric, and graphical issues that Marshall lays out, it seems to me that this would make a great programming project for tormenting undergraduates.

 

Alan Hochberg

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