1st Edition

R Visualizations Derive Meaning from Data

By David Gerbing Copyright 2020
280 Pages 100 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

250 Pages 100 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

249 Pages 100 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

R Visualizations: Derive Meaning from Data focuses on one of the two major topics of data analytics: data visualization, a.k.a., computer graphics. In the book, major R systems for visualization are discussed, organized by topic and not by system. Anyone doing data analysis will be shown how to use R to generate any of the basic visualizations with the R visualization systems. Further, this... Read more

1. R, Data and Visualizations. 2. R Visualization Quick Start. 3. Customization. 4. Visualize the Distribution of a Categorical Variable. 5. Visualize the Distribution of a Continuous Variable. 6. Visualize the Distributions of Values over Time. 7. Visualize Spatial Data with Maps. 8. Visualize Three Dimensions. 9 Visualize Dimensionality Reduction. 10. Interactive Visualizations.

Biography

David W. Gerbing has a Quantitative Methods B.A. from Western Washington State College, and M.A. from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Dr. Gerbing teaches statistics, quantitative methods, and business research techniques. His research interests are in the areas of quantitative analysis, multivariate statistics, and behavioral measurement and assessment. Currently his primary interest is in the increasing the accessibility of the R programming language for data science so that non-programmers can access the free, open source data analysis system without a steep learning curve.