5 - Visualization :: STAT447 - Data Science Programming Methods - Fall 2021

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5 - Visualization

Objectives

Introduction to data visualization with R
Learn about base plots; grid and lattice; ggplot2
Explore and visualize data
Learn about dashboards with Shiny

Topics

Data Visualization with base R
- base graphics
- lattice graphics
Data Visualization with ggplot2
- ggplot2 basics
- extension
Shiny
- General shiny overview
- flexdashboard
- dygraphs

Core Material

Lecture Slides

Lecture 17: Base R Graphics and Lattice and example code from slides
Lecture 18: ggplot2 and example code from slides
Lecture 19: shiny and example code zipfile plus smaller code/ directory
Lecture 20 by Dr Sondre Solstad on Oct 27: Video (with U of I access)

Lecture Videos

Video 29: Week 9
Video 30: Base Graphics + Lattice and example code from video
Video 31: ggplot2 and example code from video
Video 32: Week 10
Video 33: shiny
Video 34: Guest Lecture by Dr Sondre Solstad, also on YouTube! (without access restrictions).

Extras

Chapter 12: Graphics in Matloff, Art of R Programming, 2011.
Chapter 7: Statistical Graphics in Lander, R for Everone, 2017.

Additional Resources

Lattice: Multivariate Data Visualization with R book
One-page Base R Graphics cheatsheet
Nice Base R Graphics Cheatsheet / Tutorial
Chapter 29: Interactive Dashboards with Shiny in Lander, R for Everone, 2017.
RStudio Shiny Website
Mastering Shiny book, Wickham, 2020
Writing R Extensions manual (also included with every copy of R)