Moving your data from the digital screen to something more physical isn’t as tricky as it seems. Here’s how I did it.
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3-D Printing: How to Prepare the Data in R
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Data, R, and a 3-D Printer
We almost always look at data through a screen. It’s quick and good for exploration. So is there value in making data physical? I played around with a 3-D printer to find out.
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Datasets for teaching data science
Rafael Irizarry introduces the dslabs package for real-life datasets to teach data science:…
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How to Make Chord Diagrams in R
Show connections in the circular layout for a more compact presentation.
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Traveling salesman image drawing
This is a fun drawing experiment in R by Antonio Sánchez Chinchón. A…
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Outlier detection in R
Speaking of outliers, it’s not always obvious when and why a data point…
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How to Make Unit Charts with Icon Images in R
Make the unit chart less abstract with icons that represent the data, or use this in place of a bar chart.
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How to Make Venn Diagrams in R
The usually abstract, qualitative and sometimes quantitative chart type shows relationships. You can make them in R, if you must.
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Field Guide to the R Ecosystem
If you’re looking to acquaint yourself with R — the non-coding aspects of…
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R data structures for Excel users
Introducing yourself to R as an Excel user can be tricky, especially when…
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12 Days of ChaRt-mas
As everyone has already checked out for the rest of the year, I’m going to mess around with R to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas and nobody can stop me.
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How to Make a State Map Grid with Small Multiples in R
Combining small multiples with the grid layout can make for an intuitive geographic reference.
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Compact Ways to Visualize Distributions in R
For when you want to show or compare several distributions but don’t have a lot of space.
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Getting Started with Network Graphs in R
Add the vertices. Connect them with edges. Repeat as necessary.
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How to Make (and Animate) a Circular Time Series Plot in R
Also known as a polar plot, it is usually not the better option over a standard line chart, but in select cases the method can be useful to show cyclical patterns.
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How to Make a Semicircle Plot in R
It’s the half cousin of the bubble plot with less overlap and more straight edges.
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How to Make a State Grid Map in R
Something of a cross between a reference table and a map, the state grid provides equal space to each state and a semblance of the country to quickly pick out individual states.
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How to Make Animated Line Charts in R
Sometimes it’s useful to animate the multiple lines instead of showing them all at once.
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How to Make a Multi-line Step Chart in R
For the times your data represents immediate changes in value.
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Symbols-based Unit Charts to Show Counts in R
Add visual weight by using individual items to show counts.