Principal speaker
Dr Daniela Vasco
We weave in discussion of the principles of excellent graphics, whilst introducing the grammar of graphics underlying the ggplot2 package in R. Interestingly this is intuitive like the point-and-click approach used to create graphs in Excel and other packages; but ggplot is reproducible and more powerful. We put five basic principles into action for visualising data. This starts with the quintessential plots for showing statistical distributions: histograms, box plots, density plots and others. Then we consider plots of relationships: the humble scatterplot, with many options for refinement.
Intended audience: The principles of what makes a good graph will be accessible to any level of experience, from absolute beginners to more experienced analysts, who wish to explore graphics beyond those easily accessible in their data analysis packages.
Connection to other workshops: This workshop complements other resources that focus on "How to make graphs in R?", such as training that focuses on programming in R, with a fantastic range of online resources. Rather, this workshop addresses "How can I use R to create 'excellent' graphics?"
Preparation: You will gain more from the workshop if you install R and ggplot2 (and associated packages) beforehand, using guidance we provide to registrants.
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RSVP on or before Thursday 27 April 2023 10.27 am, by email red@griffith.edu.au , or via https://events.griffith.edu.au/d/zlqb1w/