This post recommends using Trellis plots instead of 3D bar charts for three-dimensional (three variable) data. In Winner of the Bad Graph Contest Announced, I promised to present alternatives to ...

I am trying to create a stacked area plot and label the x axis with the variables using scale_x_discrete. However, as soon as I add scale_x_discrete to my code, the x axis gets wiped out: My code ...

But, unlike a bar chart, which uses length to relay position, Cleveland dot plots use position. William S. Cleveland created the notion of a continuous variable in his book Elements of Graphing Data.