There are many resources on the use of colours in R, several packages, and a number of schemes already implemented in ggplot2. In the previous part, we saw how ggplot2 selects a default colour palette according to the type of variable, discrete or cont...
The explosion in DNA sequencing capacity has shifted the experimental bottleneck from sequencing to analyzing and interpreting sequences. The bioconductor package cummeRbund uses ggplot as part of its tool set for organizing, exploring and visualizing ...
Messy matters explores the probability of winning of basketball game when you’re ahead by x points y minutes before the end of the game.
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In this series of three posts, we’ll look at colours in R graphics produced with ggplot2: what are the available choices of colour schemes, and how to choose a colour palette most suitable for a particular graphic? In kindergarten, choosing a co...
Ben Schmid took ship’s log data (previously visualized in static form on the the Spatial Analysis blog), and used ggplot and ffmpeg to animate the paths of individual voyages from 1750-1850. The images above come from the animation that combines all ...
The syntax of ggplot2 emphasizes constructing plots by adding components, or layers, using +. Possibly one of the most useful, but least remarked upon, consequences of this syntax is that it allows for an incredible degree of flexibility in saving and...
Sunlight foundation analyses complexity of congressional speech
A question was raised today on the mailing list: Is there an easy way to add a watermark to a ggplot? There are several options, depending on the type of watermark and the required level of control over the output, add a text label using annotate (th...
Zero Inflated Models and Generalized Linear Mixed Models with R.
Zuur, Saveliev, Ieno (2012).
