Tutorials
Visualize your data like an expert with hundreds of practical how-tos for presentation, analysis, and understanding.
How to Make a Multi-line Step Chart in R
For the times your data represents immediate changes in value.
Symbols-based Unit Charts to Show Counts in R
Add visual weight by using individual items to show counts.
Introducing a Course for Mapping in R
Mapping geographic data in R can be tricky, because there are so many…
How to Edit R Charts in Adobe Illustrator
A detailed guide for R users who want to polish their charts in the popular graphic design app for readability and aesthetics.
How to Make an Animated Map in R, Part 4
In the the last part of the four-part series, you make a longer animation with more data and annotate.
Transitioning Map, Part 3: Animate Change Over Time
How to make a bunch of maps and string them together to show change.
Transitioning Map, Part 2: Refining the Format and Layout
How to make a more readable and more visually accurate map, before you dive into the big transitions.
Transitioning Map, Part 1: Mapping Irregular Data with Interpolation in R
Rarely do you have evenly-spaced data across an entire geographic space. Here is a way to fill in the gaps.
How to Visualize Proportions in R
There are many ways to show parts of a whole. Here are quick one-liners for the more common ones.
How to Make Beeswarm Plots in R to Show Distributions
Try the more element-based approach instead of your traditional histogram or boxplot.
Make a Moving Bubbles Chart to Show Clustering and Distributions
Use a force-directed graph to form a collection of bubbles and move them around based on data.
How to Make Square Pie Charts in R
Instead of traditional pie charts that rely on angles and arc lengths to show parts of a whole, try this easier-to-read version.
Annotating Charts in R
Let the data speak for itself they say. That doesn't work a lot of the time, and when that happens, you need to explain.
A Course for Visualizing Time Series Data in R
Learn to visualize temporal patterns in a couple of days.
Drawing Circles and Ellipses in R
Whether you use circles as visual encodings or as a way to highlight areas of a plot, there are functions at your disposal.
Drawing Squares and Rectangles in R
R makes it easy to add squares and rectangles to your plots, but it gets a little tricky when you have a bunch to draw at once. The key is to break it down to the elements.
Voronoi Diagram and Delaunay Triangulation in R
The
deldir
package by Rolf Turner makes the calculations and plotting straightforward, with a few lines of code.