This lesson is being piloted (Beta version)

Instructor

  • Instructor: Tue Vu, PhD
  • Office: 119 Gerald Ford Hall, Southern Methodist University
  • Email: tuev@smu.edu

Workshop Description

Introduction to Data Visualization with R language for data analytics using RStudio via Open OnDemand platform hosting in SMU ManeFrame M2 HPC. Workshop contents include basic plotting with R and the most advances plotting packages available in R: ggplot2

Prerequisites

This workshop requires basic programming, personal computer

Course Outline

Topic

Description

Setup Preparing for the course
1. Introduction to Visualization with R How to visualize data in R
2. R Basic Plotting system How to make a quick and simple plot in R
3. Ploting with ggplot How to plot in R using ggplot2 package
4. Ploting with qplot How to quick plot in R using ggplot2 package
5. Scatter plot
6. Box plots and Violin plots What is box plot
7. Histogram plot What is Histogram plot
8. Line plot
9. Heatmap
10. Geographical data
11. Shapefile and Raster
Finish

The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.