Graphics with R : Introduction to ggplot2
26 Apr 2022 09:00 - 16:00
Statistical short course by Leuven Statistics Research Centre
Practical information:
26 Apr 2022 09:00 - 16:00
Vandenheuvelinstituut, Dekenstraat 2, 3000 Leuven; 26/04: VHI 01.25 (PC-room G1)
English
Target audience: Everybody who is interested to improve their graphical skills in R and produce high-quality graphs.
Want to register?
- Register until: 26 Apr 2022
- Prerequisites: Participants should be able to read in and manipulate data in R. If you have no idea what the following commands mean, the course is too advanced for you.
- Price: KU Leuven students €50; KU Leuven staff and other students €80; Non profit/social sector €125; Private sector €300
Georganiseerd door:
R has great features to make graphics and produce attractive figure. This workshop is intended for R users who want to take full advantage of the graphical possibilities of the R package ggplot2.
- Grammar of ggplot2
- Build a plot layer by layer by ggplot()
- Working with scales, colour, shape and titles
- Extra facilities
- Adding statistical summaries
- Applications
- Exercises
The content is based on the book "ggplot2, Elegant graphics for data analysis" by Hadley Wickham, Springer
Teacher / speaker
An Carbonez is professor at the Leuven Statistics Research Centre (LStat) of the KU Leuven. She received her PhD in Mathematics at the same university in 1992. She is the coordinator of the Master in Statistics program of the KU Leuven. She is also involved in statistical consulting projects and gives tailor made statistical courses in internal and external divisions and companies.
