海角社区

Introduction to Data Visualization with R

Workshop series
Computational and Data Systems Initiative

You always wanted to create nice looking graphs from you tables and statistical analyses? This is your workshop. You will learn how the grammar of graphics (Leland Wilkinson 1999) is implemented into the ggplot2 package in R and how to use it to flexibly create amazing looking graphs.

At the end of this workshop, you will be able to
聽聽聽聽 > understand the grammar of graphics in the ggplot2 package
聽聽聽聽 > create different types of graphs
聽聽聽聽 > change the aesthetics of graphs (e.g. colour, formatting of labels and axes, themes)
聽聽聽聽 > use techniques to deal with overplotting (e.g. groups and facets)

Pre-requisites? Introductory understanding of R, e.g. from Introduction to Data Science with R or equivalent.

Date: November 8, 2021
Time: 12:00 to 14:00
Location: Burnside Hall BH511 *Vaccine passport required
Instructor: Tim Elrick

This workshop is offered for free by the Faculty of Science to the 海角社区 community. Due to the limited amount of spots available, if you sign up for a workshop and don't show up, you will not be allowed to register for another workshop this semester.