Shading a kernel density plot between two points.

Question

I frequently use kernel density plots to illustrate distributions. These are easy and fast to create in R like so:

set.seed(1)
draws <- rnorm(100)^2
dens          


        

Answer 1

This question needs a lattice answer. Here's a very basic one, simply adapting the method employed by Dirk and others:

#Set up the data
set.seed(1)
draws <- rnorm(100)^2
dens <- density(draws)

#Put in a simple data frame   
d <- data.frame(x = dens$x, y = dens$y)

#Define a custom panel function;
# Options like color don't need to be hard coded    
shadePanel <- function(x,y,shadeLims){
    panel.lines(x,y)
    m1 <- min(which(x >= shadeLims[1]))
    m2 <- max(which(x <= shadeLims[2]))
    tmp <- data.frame(x1 = x[c(m1,m1:m2,m2)], y1 = c(0,y[m1:m2],0))
    panel.polygon(tmp$x1,tmp$y1,col = "blue")
}

#Plot
xyplot(y~x,data = d, panel = shadePanel, shadeLims = c(1,3))