library(ggplot2) library(ggthemes) library(dplyr) # Generate data for the normal distribution x <- seq(-4, 4, length.out = 1000) y <- dnorm(x) df <- data.frame(x = x, y = y) # Calculate quantiles # Use ±20 for infinity quantiles <- c(-20, qnorm(seq(0.05, 0.95, length.out = 15)), 20) # Create data frame for the clipped vertical lines line_data <- data.frame() for (q in quantiles[2:(length(quantiles) - 1)]) { # Skip the ±20 points y_at_q <- dnorm(q) line_data <- rbind( line_data, data.frame( x = q, y_start = 0, y_end = y_at_q ) ) } # Create data for filled intervals interval_data <- data.frame() for (i in 1:(length(quantiles) - 1)) { x_seq <- seq(max(-4, quantiles[i]), min(4, quantiles[i + 1]), length.out = 100 ) interval_data <- rbind( interval_data, data.frame( x = x_seq, y = dnorm(x_seq), group = i ) ) } # Create the plot p <- ggplot() + # Add filled intervals geom_ribbon( data = interval_data, aes(x = x, ymin = 0, ymax = y, group = group), fill = "lightgray", alpha = 0.3 ) + # Add the normal distribution curve geom_line( data = df, aes(x = x, y = y), color = "black", size = 1 ) + # Add thin dashed vertical lines for quantiles geom_segment( data = line_data, aes( x = x, xend = x, y = y_start, yend = y_end ), color = "black", linetype = "dashed", size = 0.3, alpha = 0.7 ) + # Add quantile labels geom_text( data = data.frame( x = quantiles[2:(length(quantiles) - 1)], # Skip the ±20 points y = rep(-0.02, 15), label = paste0("", 1:15) ), aes(x = x, y = y, label = label), angle = -30, vjust = 1, size = 4 ) + # Add infinity labels geom_text( data = data.frame( x = c(-4, 4), y = rep(-0.02, 2), label = c("0", "16") ), aes(x = x, y = y, label = label), angle = -30, vjust = 1, size = 4 ) + # Customize the theme and labels theme_bw(base_size = 16) + theme( axis.line = element_line(color = "black"), plot.background = element_blank(), panel.grid.minor = element_blank(), panel.grid.major = element_blank() ) + labs( x = "x", y = "Density" ) + # Set the axis limits scale_x_continuous(limits = c(-4, 4)) + ylim(-0.05, 0.45) + # Add theme customizations theme( plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5), plot.subtitle = element_text(hjust = 0.5), panel.grid.minor = element_blank() ) # Save the plot as PDF ggsave( "normal_quantiles.pdf", plot = p, width = 10, # Width in inches height = 7, # Height in inches device = "pdf", dpi = 300 # High resolution )