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ggplot2 Essentials

By : Donato Teutonico
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ggplot2 Essentials

By: Donato Teutonico

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ggplot2 Essentials
Donato Teutonico
Jun, 2015 | 234 pages
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Table of Contents (14 chapters)
ggplot2 Essentials
ggplot2 Essentials
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Graphics in R
Graphics in R
Getting ggplot2 up and running
The Integrated Development Environment
The plotting environments in R
Standard graphics and grid-based graphics
Graphics and standard plots
Lattice and Trellis plots
ggplot2 and the grammar of graphics
Further reading
Summary
2
Getting Started
Getting Started
General aspects
Histograms and density plots
Bar charts
Boxplots
Scatterplots
Time series
Bubble charts and dot plots
Further reading
Summary
3
The Layers and Grammar of Graphics
The Layers and Grammar of Graphics
Components of layered grammar
Creating a plot layer by layer with the ggplot function
Scales
The coordinate system
Faceting
Layers in ggplot2
Equivalent coding between qplot and ggplot
Further reading
Summary
4
Advanced Plotting Techniques
Advanced Plotting Techniques
Adding statistics
Advanced aesthetic mapping
Plots with polar coordinates
Further reading
Summary
5
Controlling Plot Details
Controlling Plot Details
Exploring scales
The plot title and axis labels
Axis scales
Legends
Themes
Further reading
Summary
6
Plot Output
Plot Output
Multiple plots in one page
Saving plots to a file
Further reading
Summary
7
Special Applications of ggplot2
Special Applications of ggplot2
Plotting maps with ggplot2 and ggmap
Scatterplot matrix with GGally
Plotting heatmaps with ggplot2
Further reading
Summary
Index
Index

Further reading

  • The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing) (2nd edition), L. Wilkinson, Springer

  • The PhD thesis, Practical Tools for Exploring Data and Models, H. Wickham

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