ggplot2 legend for stat_summary

Question

How can I create a legend informing that the red cross is the mean?

ggplot(results, aes(x=factor, y=proportionPositive)) +
geom_boxplot() +
stat_summary(fun.data = "mean_cl_normal", colour = "red", shape=4)

Answer 1

Here is one way of doing it:

1. Map an aesthetic to a shape, i.e. aes(shape="mean")
2. Create a manual shape scale, i.e. scale_shape_manual()

# Create dummy data
results <- data.frame(
  factor=factor(rep(1:10, 100)), 
  proportionPositive=rnorm(1000))

# Plot results
ggplot(results, aes(x=factor, y=proportionPositive)) +
      geom_boxplot() +
      stat_summary(fun.data = "mean_cl_normal", 
              aes(shape="mean"), 
              colour = "red",
              geom="point") +
      scale_shape_manual("", values=c("mean"="x"))