R Data Visualization with ggplot

October 22, 2021, 10:00am to 1:00pm

Please note: Everyone is placed on the waitlist at first. It may take up to 24 hours to confirm your UCB affiliation and then you will receive a confirmation email and calendar invite. You will need to finish your registration by filling out this form: https://dlab.berkeley.edu/affiliations

Location:
 Remote via Zoom. Link will be sent on the morning of the event.

Date & Time: This workshop will run from 10am-1pm on Friday, October 22.

Start Time: D-Lab workshops start 10 minutes after the scheduled start time (“Berkeley Time”). We will admit all participants from the waiting room at that time.

Description

This workshop will provide an introduction to graphics in R with ggplot2. Participants will learn how to construct, customize, and export a variety of plot types in order to visualize relationships in data. We will also explore the basic grammar of graphics, including the aesthetics and geometry layers, adding statistics, transforming scales, and coloring or panelling by groups. You will learn how to make histograms, boxplots, scatterplots, lineplots, and heatmaps as well as how to make compound figures.

Prerequisites: D-Lab’s R Fundamentals or equivalent knowledge; previous experience with base R is assumed.

Workshop Materials: https://github.com/dlab-berkeley/R-Data-Visualization

Software Requirements:Installation Instructions for R and RStudio

Is RStudio Not working on your laptop?Attend the workshop anyway, we can provide you with a cloud-based solution until you figure out the problems with your local installation.

Feedback: After completing the workshop, please provide us feedback using this form

Questions? Email: dlab-frontdesk@berkeley.edu