Video description
Create useful, elaborate, and visually-appealing plots using this open source package
About This Video
- Discover structure of ggplot2, grammar of graphics, and geometric objects
- Study how to design and implement visualization from scratch
- Explore the advantages of using advanced plots
In Detail
Applied Data Visualization with R and ggplot2 introduces you to the world of data visualization by taking you through the basic features of ggplot2. To start with, you'll learn how to set up the R environment, followed by getting insights into the grammar of graphics and geometric objects before you explore the plotting techniques.
You'll discover what layers, scales, coordinates, and themes are, and study how you can use them to transform your data into aesthetical graphs. Once you've grasped the basics, you'll move on to studying simple plots such as histograms and advanced plots such as superimposing and density plots. You'll also get to grips with plotting trends, correlations, and statistical summaries.
By the end of this course, you'll have created data visualizations that will impress your clients.
Audience
Applied Data Visualization with R and ggplot2 is for you if you are a professional working with data and R. This course is also for students who want to enhance their data analysis skills by adding informative and professional visualizations. It is assumed that you know the basics of the R language and its commands and objects.
Publisher resources
Product information
- Title: Applied Data Visualization with R and ggplot2
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2019
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781789808476
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