Add visual weight by using individual items to show counts.
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Symbols-based Unit Charts to Show Counts in R
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R programming with Minecraft
The new R package miner is an interface to Minecraft via some simple…
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Introducing a Course for Mapping in R
Mapping geographic data in R can be tricky, because there are so many…
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Scrabble data and analysis
Looking for some data to play with? James P. Curley compiled Scrabble data…
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Easily download large-ish survey datasets
Many government organizations release microdata for surveys every year. It comes as anonymized…
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R for Excel users
For Excel users getting started with R, pain oftentimes finds its way into…
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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.
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Now over 10,000 packages in R
There are a lot of R packages, which is why before I implement…
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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.
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Interpolate your data for animation in R
The tweenr package in R, by Thomas Lin Pedersen, helps you interpolate data…
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Transitioning Map, Part 3: Animate Change Over Time
How to make a bunch of maps and string them together to show change.
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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.
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Majority minorities
We saw the changing percentage of white people in the United States and…
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R graph gallery
One of best ways to learn visualization in any given software is to…
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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.
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Interactive charts in R
Interactive charts in R are still so-so, but if you don’t mind giving…
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Tilegrams in R
Last month Pitch Interactive launched an online tool for tiled cartograms, or tilegrams…
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Learning R Versus d3.js for Visualization
For those who work with R and d3.js, the differences between the two…
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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.
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How to Make Beeswarm Plots in R to Show Distributions
Try the more element-based approach instead of your traditional histogram or boxplot.
