Intermediate R for Data Visualization

Description

The high-level language of R is considered one of the most powerful languages for quantitative analysis, statistics, and graphics. This workshop is designed for folks who have some experience in using R and are looking to take their R skills to the next level. We shall learn how to generate high-quality and publication-ready data visualizations using using R packages (such as ggplot2). A beginner-level knowledge of R is required. Bring your laptop with R and RStudio installed.

Learning Path

   This is an intermediate workshop in the R Scripting series. Prior experience with R is required. See introductory workshop:

• Introduction to R for data analysis

Materials

Click here to download the workshop materials.

Pre-workshop Instructions

1. Install R and RStudio on your laptops.
2. Install tidyverse package in RStudio:

install.packages("tidyverse")
library(tidyverse)

3. Install reshape2 package in RStudio:

install.packages("reshape2")
library(reshape2)

4. Install cowplot package in RStudio:

install.packages("cowplot")
library(cowplot)

5. Install gplots package in RStudio:

install.packages("gplots")
library(gplots)

Online Learning

1. See Chapter 3 of R for Data Science book

2. R Bootcamp is a “gentle and gradual introduction to manipulating and visualizing data in R using the tidyverse suite of packages”. Read more about it here.

3. Check out this short tutorial by Data Carpentry