Thisneweditiontotheclassicbookbyggplot2creatorHadleyWickhamhighlightscompatibilitywithknitrandRStudio.ggplot2isadatavisualizationpackageforRthathelpsuserscreatedatagraphics,includingthosethataremulti-layered,withease.Withggplot2,it'seasyto:producehandsome,publication-qualityplotswithautomaticlegendscreatedfromtheplotspecificationsuperimposemultiplelayers(points,lines,maps,tiles,boxplots)fromdifferentdatasourceswithautomaticallyadjustedcommonscalesaddcustomizablesmoothersthatusepowerfulmodelingcapabilitiesofR,suchasloess,linearmodels,generalizedadditivemodels,androbustregressionsaveanyggplot2plot(orpartthereof)forlatermodificationorreusecreatecustomthemesthatcapturein-houseorjournalstylerequirementsandthatcaneasilybeappliedtomultipleplotsapproachagraphfromavisualperspective,thinkingabouthoweachcomponentofthedataisrepresentedonthefinalplotThisbookwillbeusefultoeveryonewhohasstruggledwithdisplayingdatainaninformativeandattractiveway.SomebasicknowledgeofRisnecessary(e.g.,importingdataintoR).ggplot2isamini-languagespecificallytailoredforproducinggraphics,andyou'lllearneverythingyouneedinthebook.Afterreadingthisbookyou'llbeabletoproducegraphicscustomizedpreciselyforyourproblems,andyou'llfinditeasytogetgraphicsoutofyourheadandontothescreenorpage.TableofContentsPartIGettingStartedChapter1IntroductionChapter2GettingStartedwithggplot2Chapter3ToolboxPartIITheGrammarChapter4MasteringtheGrammarChapter5BuildaPlotLayerbyLayerChapter6Scales,AxesandLegendsChapter7PositioningChapter8ThemesPartIIIDataAnalysisChapter9DataAnalysisChapter10DataTransformationChapter11ModellingforVisualisationChapter12Programmingwithggplot2
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