Graphics with R: Introduction to ggplot2
23 Apr 2024 09:00 - 16:00
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.
Practical information:
23 Apr 2024 09:00 - 16:00
Vandenheuvelinstituut, PC-room F1 (01.24) - Dekenstraat 2, 3000 Leuven
English
Target audience: everybody who is interested to improve their graphical skills in R and produce high-quality graphs
Want to register?
- Prerequisites: able to read in and manipulate data in R. No prior knowledge on statistics is assumed.
- Price: €50-€300
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Course outline
- 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.
