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How to Display Text in R
Text can provide much needed context to traditional visual cues and can be used as a visual cue itself in some cases.
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R plotting package ggplot2 ported to Python
Those who use the ggplot2 package in R and do everything else in…
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Working with Line Maps, the Google Places API, and R
A frequent challenge of visualization is behind the scenes, to get the data and to mold it into the format you need. Do that. Then map.
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How to Make a Connected Scatter Plot
The combination of a time series chart and a scatter plot lets you compare two variables along with temporal changes.
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Introduction to R, a video series by Google
Google released a 21-part short video series that introduces R. Most of the…
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Small Maps and Grids
Maybe you want to make spatial comparisons over time or across categories. Organized small maps might do the trick.
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Beer recommendation system in R
Using data from Beer Advocate, in the form of 1.5 million reviews, yhat…
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How to Make Slopegraphs in R
Also known as specialized or custom line charts. Figure out how to draw lines with the right spacing and pointed in the right direction, and you’ve got your slopegraphs.
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Small Multiples in R
Make a lot of charts at once, line them up in a grid, and you can make quick comparisons across several categories.
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How to Make an Animated Growth Map in R
Although time series plots and small multiples can go a long way, animation can make your data feel more real and relatable. Here is how to do it in R via the animated GIF route.
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Using Transparency in R to Improve Clarity
When you plot a lot of data at once, points and lines can obscure others and hide patterns. Transparency can help reveal what is really there.
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Data Analysis (with R) on Coursera
Jeff Leek, an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School…
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Getting Started with Charts in R
You get a lot of bang for the buck with R, charting-wise, but it can be confusing at first, especially if you’ve never written code. Here are some examples to get started.
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Archive of datasets bundled with R
R comes with a lot of datasets, some with the core distribution and…
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Shiny allows web applications with R
RStudio, the folks behind the IDE for R released last year, continues to…
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xkcd-style charts in R, JavaScript, and Python
The ports and packages to make your charts look like they came from…
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More on Making Heat Maps in R
You saw how to make basic heat maps a while back, but you might want more flexibility for a specific data set. Once you understand the components of a heat map, the rest is straightforward.
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Mapping with Diffusion-based Cartograms
Sometimes these cartograms can distort areas beyond recognition, but they can also provide a better visual representation for a region with a wide range of subregions. At the least, they’re fun to look at.
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How to Make Stacked Area Charts in R
From the basic area chart, to the stacked version, to the streamgraph, the geometry is similar. Once you know how to do one, you can do them all.