ggplot2: Guide to Create Beautiful Graphics in R

by Alboukadel Kassambara

This book contains 6 parts providing step-by-step guides to create easily beautiful graphics using the R package ggplot2. The first part provides a quick introduction to R and to the ggplot2 plotting system. From part II to IV, we show how to create and customize several graph types density plots, histogram plots, ECDF, QQ plots, scatter plots, box plots, violin plots, dot plots, strip charts, line plots, bar plots and pie charts. Part V covers how to change graphical parameters main title and axis labels; legend titles, position and appearance; colors; point shapes, colors and size; line types; axis limits and log and sqrt; axis ticks : customize tick marks and labels; themes and background colors; text annotations; adding straight lines to a horizontal, vertical and regression lines; rotating a plot; split a plot into a matrix of panels; and coordinate systems. Part VI describes some extensions of ggplot2 arranging multiple graphs on the same page, correlation matrix visualization and survival curves.

238 pages, Paperback

Published April 24, 2016

Reviews

[Huong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and sweet.