Plot Outcome by Year-Quarter and Model — plot_outcome_by

Creates a boxplot of a specified outcome variable by year_quarter, grouped and colored by model. This is useful for comparing outcomes (e.g., overdose deaths) across different models over time.

Usage

plot_outcome_by_quarter(plot_data, outcome = "PSS drug_deaths")

Arguments

plot_data: A data frame containing at least the columns year_quarter, the specified outcome, and model. The year_quarter column should be a factor or character indicating time periods, and model should specify the model group.
outcome: A character string specifying the name of the outcome column in plot_data to be plotted. Defaults to "PSS drug_deaths".

Value

A ggplot2 object representing the boxplot of the specified outcome by year_quarter and model.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
plot_data <- data.frame(
  year_quarter = rep(c("2020 Q1", "2020 Q2"), each = 10),
  model = rep(c("Model A", "Model B"), times = 10),
  `PSS drug_deaths` = rpois(20, 10)
)
plot_outcome_by_quarter(plot_data)
} # }