Data Visualization (eBook)

A Practical Introduction

Kieran Healy (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2018
296 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18506-4 (ISBN)

Infos

An accessible primer on how to create effective graphics from dataThis 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. Through a series of worked examples, this accessible primer then demonstrates how to create plots piece by piece, beginning with summaries of single variables and moving on to more complex graphics. Topics include plotting continuous and categorical variables; layering information on graphics; producing effective "e;small multiple"e; plots; grouping, summarizing, and transforming data for plotting; creating maps; working with the output of statistical models; and refining plots to make them more comprehensible.Effective graphics are essential to communicating ideas and a great way to better understand data. This book provides the practical skills students and practitioners need to visualize quantitative data and get the most out of their research findings.Provides hands-on instruction using R and ggplot2Shows how the "e;tidyverse"e; of data analysis tools makes working with R easier and more consistentIncludes a library of data sets, code, and functions

Autor

Kieran Healy is associate professor of sociology at Duke University. He is the author of Last Best Gifts: Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.12.2018
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Datenbanken ► Data Warehouse / Data Mining
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► User Interfaces (HCI)
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Computerprogramme / Computeralgebra
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
• Schlagworte: Accuracy and precision • Addition • Alt key • Annotation • Anscombe's quartet • Backslash • Bar chart • Big O notation • Calculation • Cartesian coordinate system • Cartogram • Case sensitivity • Categorical variable • cheat sheet • Cherry Picking • cluster analysis • coefficient • Color Space • Concepts (C++) • Convenience function • Cook's Distance • coordinate system • Correlation does not imply causation • Data Analysis • data set • Data transfer object • Data Visualization • Debugging • Dialog box • Discrete Mathematics • Dummy variable (statistics) • error • Error bar • estimation • Exploratory data analysis • Functional Programming • generalized additive model • GEOM • ggplot2 • grammar • Hadley Wickham • histogram • inference • Instance (computer science) • Instruction set • JPEG • knitr • Layer by Layer • Level of detail • Life Expectancy • Likert Scale • linear regression • Lossless Compression • markdown • Mercator projection • Model Checking • Modifiable areal unit problem • Newline • Normal distribution • Path (computing) • percentage • pie chart • plain text • Poisson Point Process • Polynomial Regression • Portable Network Graphics • Prediction • printing • Proportionality (mathematics) • Purple America • Quantile Regression • Quantity • Ranking (information retrieval) • Regular Expression • result • robust regression • RStudio • Rule Of Thumb • Sanity check • Scatter plot • Schematic • scientific notation • Sensitivity Analysis • Shapefile • Spline (mathematics) • standard deviation • Stata • Statistic • Strong inference • Subset • Subtitle (captioning) • summary statistics • Syntax error • Temporary variable • Time Series • Typeface • Type variable • Variable (computer science) • Variable (mathematics) • year
• ISBN-10: 0-691-18506-9 / 0691185069
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-18506-4 / 9780691185064