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Why I Use R More than Python
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How I Made That: Network Diagrams of All the Household Types
Process the data into a usable format, which makes the visualization part more straightforward.
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Barbie and Oppenheimer themes for charts in R
Matthew Jané made a small R package called Theme Park, which is meant…
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Switching from Python to R
If you’re looking to switch or just want to expand your skills, this…
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How to Make Unit-Based, Variable Width Bar Charts
In a cross between unit charts and variable width bar charts, we can show total counts and relative proportions at the same time.
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Improved color palettes in R
Achim Zeileis and Paul Murrell provide a rundown of the more user-friendly color…
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How to Make a Smoother Animated Growth Map in R
Show change over time and geography with smooth transitions.
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How to Animate Packed Circles in R
Pack circles, figure out the transitions between time segments, and then generate frames to string together.
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Snow cover mapped using snowflakes
To show snow cover across the United States, Althea Archer for the USGS…
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New Visualization in R Course, and Other Updates
I have two course-related updates on FlowingData. First, there’s a new course on…
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Deleting your tweets with R
Twitter isn’t in a great place right now, so maybe you want to…
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Introduction to Data Science, an open source book
Introduction to Data Science, by Harvard biostatistics professor Rafael A. Irizarry, is an…
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How to Draw and Use Polygons in R
R provides functions for basic shapes, but you can also draw your own for maximum fun.
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RStudio changes name to Posit
RStudio, the company behind the IDE of the same name, are changing their…
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Introduction to statistical learning
An Introduction to Statistical Learning, by Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie, and…
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How to Make an Animated Donut Chart in R
There are “better” ways to show proportions over time, but sometimes you just want an animated donut.
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Catching students cheating with R
Matthew Crump, a psychology professor who discovered high volume cheating in his class…
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R packages useful for sports analytics
If you’re into R and analyzing sports data, you’ll want to save this…
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Procedural dungeons in R
Matt Dray is developing a package in R that runs a text-based game.…
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How to Make Bubble Clusters in R
Represent individual counts with grouped units to make data feel less abstract.
