R in Action, Third Edition

11 Intermediate graphs

This chapter covers

• Visualizing bivariate and multivariate relationships
• Working with scatter and line plots
• Understanding corrgrams
• Using mosaic plots

In chapter 6 (basic graphs), we considered a wide range of graph types for displaying the distribution of single categorical or continuous variables. Chapter 8 (regression) reviewed graphical methods that are useful when predicting a continuous outcome variable from a set of predictor variables. In chapter 9 (analysis of variance), we considered techniques that are particularly useful for visualizing how groups differ on a continuous outcome variable. In many ways, this chapter is a continuation and extension of the topics we’ve covered so far.

In this chapter, we’ll focus ...