Graphics in R Using GGPlot
Course Date: 2/16/2022
Who This Course Is For
The ability to create professional grade graphics is of key importance for scientific communication. The ggplot2 package utilized in R programming offers a powerful, flexible, and free platform which can be used to produce publication-quality graphics.
Details
Duration: 2 hours
Course Dates: 2/16/2022
Venue: Virtual & Torg 3310
Required Software: R & R Studio (free)
Cost: Free to VT Participating Colleges and Administrative Units
Pre-requisites: No previous coding experience is required. Knowledge of basic descriptive statistics is assumed.
Prework includes downloading course materials, R, and R Studio.
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Producing statistical graphs including histograms, bar plots, box plots, and scatter plots using the ggplot2 package in R
- Syntax to control colors, plotting characters, axes, legends, and labels • Creating high resolution graphics to various file types
- Pros and cons of various graphics and approaches
This is a hands-on, interactive course where you will submit pre-written code followed by exercises where you write your own code based on examples. You will leave with code that you can apply to your datasets.