如何在不使用颜色的情况下对Boxplots进行分组或填写ggplot2

Question

I have a dataset that I would like to create two groups of boxplots using the ggplot2 package as shown below:

library(ggplot2)

df <- data.frame(f1=factor(rbinom(100, 1, 0.45), label=c("m","w")), 
                 f2=factor(rbinom(100, 1, 0.45), label=c("young","old")),
                 boxthis=rnorm(100))
ggplot(aes(y = boxthis, x = f2, fill = f1), data = df) + geom_boxplot()

BUT, I want to color the boxplots using a different aesthetic (not shown) or not color them at all. How can I group the old and young together, but still have separate boxplots for the f1 variable. This is a simplified version of what I want to do, so I ask that your answer be expandable to multiple samples (eg more than just old and young , maybe 20 different categories).

Answer 1

Use the group mapping:

ggplot(aes(y = boxthis, x = f2, group = interaction(f1,f2)),
  data = df) + geom_boxplot()