R Data Visualization Cookbook

Over 80 recipes to analyze data and create stunning visualizations with R

About This Book

Create animated and interactive plots to help you communicate and explore data
Utilize various R packages to generate graphs, manipulate data, and create beautiful presentations
Learn to interpret data and tell a story using this step-by-step guide to data visualization

Who This Book Is For

If you are a data journalist, academician, student or freelance designer who wants to learn about data visualization, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of R programming is expected.

In Detail

R is an open source language for data analysis and graphics. It is platform-independent and allows users to load various packages as well as develop their own packages to interpret data better.

This book is packed with practical recipes, designed to provide you with all the guidance needed to get to grips with data visualization with R. It starts off with the basics of R plots and an introduction to heat maps and customizing them, before gradually taking you through creating interactive maps using the googleVis package, generating choropleth maps and contouring maps, bubble plots, and pie charts. You will then learn how to animate 2D and 3D plots in R. By the end of the book, you will be equipped with the key techniques to create impressive data visualizations with professional efficiency and precision.