Visualize correlation matrix using symnum function

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<p>This article describes how to make a <strong>graph of correlation matrix</strong> in <strong>R</strong>. The R <strong>symnum()</strong> function is used. It takes the <strong>correlation table</strong> as an argument. The result is a table in which <strong>correlation coefficients</strong> are replaced by symbols according to the <strong>degree of correlation</strong>.</p>
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<i class="fa - fa-cogs fa-4x valign_middle"></i> Note that online software is also available <a href="/english/rsthda/correlation-matrix.php">here</a> to compute <strong>correlation matrix</strong> and to plot a <strong>correlogram</strong> without any installation.
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<h1>Graph of correlation matrix using symnum function</h1>
<p>The R function <strong>symnum</strong> can be used to easily highlight the highly correlated variables. It replaces correlation coefficients by symbols according to the value.</p>
<p>The simplified format of the function is :</p>
<pre class="r"><code>symnum(x, cutpoints = c(0.3, 0.6, 0.8, 0.9, 0.95),
symbols = c(" ", ".", ",", "+", "*", "B"))</code></pre>
<p><span class="warning"> - <strong>x</strong> is the correlation matrix to visualize
- <strong>cutpoints</strong> : <strong>correlation coefficient</strong> cutpoints. The <strong>correlation coefficients</strong> between 0 and 0.3 are replaced by a space (" “; <strong>correlation coefficients</strong> between 0.3 and 0.6 are replace by”.“; etc …
- <strong>symbols</strong> : the symbols to use. </span></p>
<p>The following R code performs a <strong>correlation analysis</strong> and displays a <strong>graph of the correlation matrix</strong> :</p>
<pre class="r"><code>## Correlation matrix
corMat<-cor(mtcars)
head(round(corMat,2))</code></pre>
<pre><code> mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
mpg 1.00 -0.85 -0.85 -0.78 0.68 -0.87 0.42 0.66 0.60 0.48 -0.55
cyl -0.85 1.00 0.90 0.83 -0.70 0.78 -0.59 -0.81 -0.52 -0.49 0.53
disp -0.85 0.90 1.00 0.79 -0.71 0.89 -0.43 -0.71 -0.59 -0.56 0.39
hp -0.78 0.83 0.79 1.00 -0.45 0.66 -0.71 -0.72 -0.24 -0.13 0.75
drat 0.68 -0.70 -0.71 -0.45 1.00 -0.71 0.09 0.44 0.71 0.70 -0.09
wt -0.87 0.78 0.89 0.66 -0.71 1.00 -0.17 -0.55 -0.69 -0.58 0.43</code></pre>
<pre class="r"><code>## Correlation graph for visualization
## abbr.colnames=FALSE to avoid abbreviation of column names
symnum(corMat, abbr.colnames=FALSE)</code></pre>
<pre><code> mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
mpg 1
cyl + 1
disp + * 1
hp , + , 1
drat , , , . 1
wt + , + , , 1
qsec . . . , 1
vs , + , , . . , 1
am . . . , , 1
gear . . . , . , 1
carb . . . , . , . 1
attr(,"legend")
[1] 0 ' ' 0.3 '.' 0.6 ',' 0.8 '+' 0.9 '*' 0.95 'B' 1</code></pre>
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<h1>Conclusions</h1>
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One of the easy way to visualize <strong>correlation matrix</strong> in R is to use the <strong>symnum()</strong> R function.
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<h1>Infos</h1>
<pre class="warning"><code>This analysis was performed using R (ver. 3.1.0).</code></pre>
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