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I can't find a way to ask ggplot2 to show an empty level in a boxplot without imputing my dataframe with actual missing values. Here is reproducible code : # fake data dftest <- expand.grid(time=1:10,measure=1:50) dftest$value <- rnorm(dim(dftest)[1],3+0.1*dftest$time,1) # and let's suppose we didn't observe anything at time 2 # doesn't work even when forcing with factor(..., levels=...) p <- ggplot(data=dftest[dftest$time!=2,],aes(x=factor(time,levels=1:10),y=value)) p + geom_boxplot() # only way seems to have at least one actual missing value in the dataframe dftest2 <- dftest dftest2[dftest2$time==2,"value"] <- NA p <- ggplot(data=dftest2,aes(x=factor(time),y=value)) p + geom_boxplot() So I guess I'm missing something. This is not a problem when dealing with a balanced experiment where these missing data might be explicit in the dataframe. But with observed data in a cohort for example, it means imputing the data with missing values for unobserved combinations.
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