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Graphics in Base R

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Full course description

Term: Fall 2024

Date: October 18th, 2024

Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Location: Graduate Life Center Room 40

Instructors: Stephanie DeHart & Kate Miller

Presented By: Statistical Applications and Innovations Group (SAIG)

 

Description:

The ability to create professional grade graphics is of key importance for scientific communication. The R programming package offers a powerful, flexible, and free platform which can be used to produce publication-quality graphics. The following topics will be covered: 

• Producing statistical graphs including histograms, bar plots, box plots, and scatter plots using basic R 

• Syntax to control colors, plotting characters, axes, legends, and labels  

• Creating high resolution graphics to various file types 

• Pros and cons of various graphics

No previous coding experience is required! Bring your laptop with R and RStudio installed on your machine. You can download them from the following links:  

https://www.r-project.org/ (Links to an external site).  

https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/ (Links to an external site).   

If you already have R and RStudio on your laptop, make sure they are the most up to date versions.