Data visualization : a practical introduction / Kieran Healy.
2019
QA76.9.I52 H43 2019 (Mapit)
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Title
Data visualization : a practical introduction / Kieran Healy.
ISBN
9780691181622 (paperback)
0691181624 (paperback)
9780691181615 (hardcover)
0691181616 (hardcover)
0691181624 (paperback)
9780691181615 (hardcover)
0691181616 (hardcover)
Published
Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Language
English
Description
xviii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Call Number
QA76.9.I52 H43 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
001.4226
Summary
"This book provides students and researchers a hands-on introduction to the principles and practice of data visualization. It explains what makes some graphs succeed while others fail, how to make high-quality figures from data using powerful and reproducible methods, and how to think about data visualization in an honest and effective way. Data visualization builds the reader's expertise in ggplot2, a versatile visualization library for the R programming language ...."--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index.
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Table of Contents
Look at data
Get started
Make a plot
Show the right numbers
Graph tables, add labels, make notes
Work with models
Draw maps
Refine your plots.
Get started
Make a plot
Show the right numbers
Graph tables, add labels, make notes
Work with models
Draw maps
Refine your plots.