Expected Preparations:

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  The units listed above are part of this course and contain important preparatory material.  
Keywords: Introduction to R plots
Objectives:

This unit will …

  • … introduce concepts of graphics for data visualization and descrptive statistics;

  • … teach basic plotting methods;

 Outcomes:

After working through this unit you …

  • … know where to find models of good data visualization;

  • … can create and customize basic plots in R;

Deliverables:

Time management: Before you begin, estimate how long it will take you to complete this unit. Then, record in your course journal: the number of hours you estimated, the number of hours you worked on the unit, and the amount of time that passed between start and completion of this unit.

Journal: Document your progress in your Course Journal. Some tasks may ask you to include specific items in your journal. Don’t overlook these.

Insights: If you find something particularly noteworthy about this unit, make a note in your insights! page.

Evaluation:

NA: This unit is not evaluated for course marks.

Contents

Introductory concepts and exercises for creating graphics with R.

Task…

  • Read the introductory notes on graphics in RPDF and concepts of graphics for descriptive statistics.

  • Load the R-Exercise_BasicSetup project in RStudio if you don’t already have it open.

  • Type init() as instructed after the project has loaded.

  • Work through the plottingIntro.R script.

Questions, comments

If in doubt, ask! If anything about this contents is not clear to you, do not proceed but ask for clarification. If you have ideas about how to make this material better, let’s hear them. We are aiming to compile a list of FAQs for all learning units, and your contributions will count towards your participation marks.

Improve this page! If you have questions or comments, please post them on the Quercus Discussion board with a subject line that includes the name of the unit.

References

Page ID: RPR-Plotting

Author:
Boris Steipe ( <boris.steipe@utoronto.ca> )
Created:
2017-08-05
Last modified:
2022-09-14
Version:
1.1
Version History:
–  1.1 Maintenance, and mainy new examples in the plotting script
–  1.0.1 Maintenance
–  1.0 Completed to first live version
–  0.1 Material collected from previous tutorial
Tagged with:
–  Unit
–  Live
–  Has lecture slides
–  Links to R Introduction project

 

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