ggplot2 Essentials

Key Features

Book Description

What you will learn

• Familiarize yourself with some important data visualization packages in R such as graphics, lattice, and ggplot2
• Realize different kinds of simple plots with the basic qplot function
• Understand the basics of the grammar of graphics, the data visualization approach implemented in ggplot2
• Master the ggplot2 package in realizing complex and more advanced graphs
• Personalize the graphical details and learn the aesthetics of plotting graphs
• Save and export your plots in different formats
• Include maps in ggplot graphs, overlay data on maps, and learn how to realize complex matrix scatterplots

Who this book is for

This book is perfect for R programmers who are interested in learning to use ggplot2 for data visualization, from the basics up to using more advanced applications, such as faceting and grouping. Since this book will not cover the basics of R commands and objects, you should have a basic understanding of the R language.