Event

Data visualization in R, introduction

Friday, November 4, 2022 09:30to11:30

Date: Friday, 4 November, 2022.
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Hybrid; in person at Burnside Hall room 1104 (11th floor) and online via zoom
Instructor: Violet Massie-Vereker, staff, Geographic Information Centre.

Overview: As part of the data science life cycle series, this workshop will introduce you to creating nice looking graphs from your tables and statistical analyses. You will learn how the grammar of graphics (Leland Wilkinson 1999) is implemented into the ggplot2 package in R and how to use it to flexibly create amazing looking graphs.

At the end of this workshop, you will be able to
   > understand the grammar of graphics in the ggplot2 package
   > create different types of graphs
   > change the aesthetics of graphs (e.g. colour, formatting of labels and axes, themes)
   > use techniques to deal with overplotting (e.g. groups and facets)

Prerequisites:
· Introductory knowledge of R, e.g. from McGill's R summer camp, or from our Introduction to programming with R workshop.