Skip to Content
Graphical Data Analysis with R
book

Graphical Data Analysis with R

by Antony Unwin
September 2018
Beginner to intermediate
310 pages
7h 56m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
Content preview from Graphical Data Analysis with R

Chapter 13

Some Notes on Graphics with R

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Groucho Marx

Summary

Chapter 13 discusses using R for graphics and passes on some individual pieces of information that have been helpful for examples in the book.

13.1 Graphics systems in R

There are many different ways of achieving the same goals in R and you have to decide for yourself which works best for you. This may depend on flexibility, speed, elegance, or ease of use. The standard R graphics are called base graphics and were written to match the graphics available in S. They offer extensive control over the look of the displays. This makes them very flexible and suitable for presentation purposes. S graphics were advanced ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Data Science in R

Data Science in R

Deborah Nolan, Duncan Temple Lang
Longitudinal Data Analysis

Longitudinal Data Analysis

Jason Newsom, Richard N. Jones, Scott M. Hofer
Graphing Data with R

Graphing Data with R

John Jay Hilfiger

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781498786775