R Graph Essentials

R has undergone an explosion of popularity around the world. The wide range of graphs and options for creating high-impact visualizations makes R a highly effective tool for researchers, data analysts, students, and others.

This book starts with the basics of R and the principles of creating graphics, focusing on scatterplots and line graphs for research and data analysis.

After that you will learn how to include mathematical expressions on your graphs and create bar charts, histograms, boxplots, and so on using advanced functions. The book then dives deeper into shading and coloring your graphs and labeling points on graphs using the qplot function. After that you will learn how to use the ggplot package to control symbol color, size, shape, and many other attributes.

By the end of this book, you will have expert skills to create attractive and informative graphics and design professional-level graphs.

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R Graph Essentials

R has undergone an explosion of popularity around the world. The wide range of graphs and options for creating high-impact visualizations makes R a highly effective tool for researchers, data analysts, students, and others.

This book starts with the basics of R and the principles of creating graphics, focusing on scatterplots and line graphs for research and data analysis.

After that you will learn how to include mathematical expressions on your graphs and create bar charts, histograms, boxplots, and so on using advanced functions. The book then dives deeper into shading and coloring your graphs and labeling points on graphs using the qplot function. After that you will learn how to use the ggplot package to control symbol color, size, shape, and many other attributes.

By the end of this book, you will have expert skills to create attractive and informative graphics and design professional-level graphs.

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R Graph Essentials

R Graph Essentials

by David Alexander Lillis
R Graph Essentials

R Graph Essentials

by David Alexander Lillis

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Overview

R has undergone an explosion of popularity around the world. The wide range of graphs and options for creating high-impact visualizations makes R a highly effective tool for researchers, data analysts, students, and others.

This book starts with the basics of R and the principles of creating graphics, focusing on scatterplots and line graphs for research and data analysis.

After that you will learn how to include mathematical expressions on your graphs and create bar charts, histograms, boxplots, and so on using advanced functions. The book then dives deeper into shading and coloring your graphs and labeling points on graphs using the qplot function. After that you will learn how to use the ggplot package to control symbol color, size, shape, and many other attributes.

By the end of this book, you will have expert skills to create attractive and informative graphics and design professional-level graphs.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781783554560
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication date: 09/22/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

David Alexander Lillis holds a B.Sc Honours degree and a M.Sc in Physics and Mathematics and a Ph.D from Curtin University in Perth, Australia. He has worked both in science policy and as a researcher and statistician. Currently he lectures in statistics and research methods on several degree programs. He has published about forty papers and articles on various aspects of science policies, physics and statistics. He is the owner and director of Sigma Statistics and Research Limited, a New Zealand-based consultancy, specializing in teaching R through face-to-face and on-line workshops and software development in R.

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