ggradar allows you to build radar charts with ggplot2. This package is based on Paul Williamson's code, with new aesthetics and compatibility with ggplot2 2.0.
It was inspired by d3radaR, an htmlwidget built by timelyportfolio.
devtools::install_github("ricardo-bion/ggradar",
dependencies=TRUE)library(ggradar)
suppressPackageStartupMessages(library(dplyr))
library(scales)
library(tibble)
mtcars %>%
rownames_to_column( var = "group" ) %>%
mutate_at(vars(-group),funs(rescale)) %>%
tail(4) %>% select(1:10) -> mtcars_radar
ggradar(mtcars_radar) 
knitr::kable(mtcars_radar,format="markdown") | group | mpg | cyl | disp | hp | drat | wt | qsec | vs | am | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Ford Pantera L | 0.2297872 | 1.0 | 0.6981791 | 0.7491166 | 0.6728111 | 0.4236768 | 0.0000000 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Ferrari Dino | 0.3957447 | 0.5 | 0.1843352 | 0.4346290 | 0.3963134 | 0.3214012 | 0.1190476 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Maserati Bora | 0.1957447 | 1.0 | 0.5734597 | 1.0000000 | 0.3594470 | 0.5259524 | 0.0119048 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Volvo 142E | 0.4680851 | 0.0 | 0.1244699 | 0.2014134 | 0.6221198 | 0.3239581 | 0.4880952 | 1 | 1 |
This package requires the Airbnb font and the extrafont package.
# configured to work on a Mac, change directory to Unix or Windows
download.file("https://github.com/ricardo-bion/ggtech/blob/master/Circular%20Air-Light%203.46.45%20PM.ttf", "~/Circular Air-Light 3.46.45 PM.ttf", method="curl")
extrafont::font_import(pattern = 'Circular', prompt=FALSE)