Unit 3: VizWhiz
Overview
Welcome to the third unit of RYouWithMe! In Unit 3, we’re tackling data visualisation!
Lessons
Unit 3 has five lessons:
- Plotting Raw Data
- Boxes, Violins, and Histograms
- Bars, Columns, and Scatterplots
- Customising Plots
- GIFS! A VizW(h)iz Bonus Lesson
This unit gives you a taste of the kinds of plots you can build with ggplot. The R Graph Gallery is a really great resource for working out which kind of plot can best tell your data story.
Why “VizW(h)iz”?
R-Ladies Sydney co-founders Lisa Williams and Jen Richmond, who conjured up the name of this unit, had different things in mind! Lisa had in mind “VizWiz” - as in Visualisation Wizardry! Jen had in mind “VizWhiz” - as in Becoming a Whiz in Visualisation!
It turns out this debate cannot be won (or lost). True, wizards are classically male - though we’re all about busting stereotypes at R-Ladies Sydney! Also true - while it’s great to be a whiz at something, we all know by know learning R isn’t such a speedy undertaking!
To bridge this great divide, we find ourselves with a compromise: VizW(h)iz!!
Lets start by plotting raw data