Chapter 5 Data Visualization

Intro TBA: Exploring, communicating data:

5.1 ggplot2

  • Motivation
  • ggplot2
  • Questions (distribution, comparison, relationship, composition, etc.)
  • Variable types (what visualizations are meaningful)

5.1.1 Check Understanding

TBA

5.2 Basic Visualizations

  • histograms/density
  • scatterplots
  • boxplots
  • barplots
  • time series
  • etc.

5.2.1 Check Understanding

TBA

5.3 Complicating visualizations

  • more on geoms
  • more on aesthetics
  • more on arguments
  • facetting and small multiples

5.3.1 Check Understanding

TBA

5.4 Customizing visualizations

  • titles
  • legends
  • axes
  • labels
  • themes
  • colors
  • saving plots

5.4.1 Check Understanding

TBA

5.5 Supplemental Material

  • Modifying coordinates
  • Customizing scales