Before we Start


  • “This is not an introduction to R”
  • “Visualisation is a useful way of representing data”
  • “We are going to study diamonds!”

Getting started


  • Plots in ggplot2 are build by adding layers

Further mapping


  • “Data can be plottet as something other than position”
  • “Types of plots are determined by geom_functions”

Different types of plots


  • “Categorical data, aka factors can control the order of data in plots”
  • “ggplot makes it easy to make many different types of plots”
  • “ggplot have many useful extensions”

Facetting


  • “Facetting can make busy plots more understandable”
  • “Grid facetting in two dimensions allows us to plot even more variables”

Scaling and coordinates


  • “Pie charts are a bad idea!”
  • “Zooming might exclude data if done wrong”
  • “Play around to find the colours you like”

Theming


  • “EVERYTHING in the plot can be customized”

Saving and exporting


Whats next?


  • “ggplot2 is extensible - a LOT of extensions are available”