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ggwebthemes: Some ggplot2 Themes Optimized for Blogs

September 5, 2020 | Data Enthusiast's Blog

About ggwebthemes Examples theme_web_bw theme_web_classic theme_web_void About ggwebthemes Not long ago, I published a post “Three ggplot2 Themes Optimized for the Web”, where I made some tweaks to my three favorite ggplot2 themes – theme_bw(), theme_classic(), and theme_void() – to make them more ...

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Three ggplot2 Themes Optimized for the Web

August 11, 2020 | Data Enthusiast's Blog

theme_web_bw theme_web_classic theme_web_void This will be a very short post compared to the detailed stuff I usually write. Just what it says on the tin – I made some tweaks to my three favorite {ggplot2} themes – theme_bw(), theme_classic(), and theme_void() – to make ...

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Writing Functions to Automate Repetitive Plotting Tasks in ggplot2

July 7, 2020 | Data Enthusiast's Blog

Introduction Making Multiple Plots on the Same Subject Preparing the Data Writing Functions to Generate Multiple Plots Making Custom Plot Themes Updating Plot Themes Introduction There are often situations when you need to perform repetitive plotting tasks. For example, you’d like to plot the same kind of data (e....

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Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 6: Visualizing Census Data

June 12, 2020 | Data Enthusiast's Blog

Back to Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 5. Introduction Ordered Bar Plot: Labor Force Involvement Rates Creating an Ordering Vector Making an Ordered Bar Plot Saving the Plot Faceted Plot: Full Time vs Part Time Workers, by Gender Preparing the Data for Plotting Making a Faceted Donut Plot ...

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COVID-19 Canada Data Explorer Tool

April 18, 2020 | Data Enthusiast's Blog

In the times of pandemic, the data community can help in many ways, including by developing instruments to track and break down the data on the spread of the dreaded coronavirus disease. The COVID-19 Canada Data Explorer app was built with R, including Shiny and Leaflet, to process the official ...

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Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 5: Retrieving Census Data

March 20, 2020 | Data Enthusiast's Blog

Back to Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 4. Introduction Searching for Data Find Census Datasets Find Census Regions Find Census Vectors Retrieve Census Data Annex: Notes and Definitions Introduction Now that we are ready to start working with Canadian Census data, let’s first briefly address the question ...

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Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 4: Canadian Census Data – cancensus Package Setup

February 18, 2020 | Data Enthusiast's Blog

Back to Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 3. What is cancensus Setting up cancensus: Adding API Key and Cache Path to .Rprofile Editing .Rprofile on Linux Editing .Rprofile on Windows What is cancensus In the Introduction to the “Working with Statistics Canada Data in R” series, I discussed ... [Read more...]

Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 3: Visualizing CANSIM Data

November 24, 2019 | Data Enthusiast's Blog

Back to Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 2. Exploring Data Preparing Data for Plotting Plotting with ggplot2 Choosing Plot Type Preventing Overlaps with ggrepel Axes and Scales Plot Theme, Title, and Captions Saving Your Plot Exploring Data In the previous part of this series, we have retrieved CANSIM ...

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Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 2: Retrieving CANSIM Data

November 14, 2019 | Data Enthusiast's Blog

Back to Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 1.Forward to Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 3. Most CANSIM data can be accessed in two formats: as data tables and, at a much more granular level, as individual data vectors. This post is structured accordingly: Searching for ...

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GIS Day!

November 14, 2019 | Data Enthusiast's Blog

Yesterday was a GIS Day! Congratulations to everyone who loves maps, GIS, and working with spatial data! And as you may have guessed from my choice of this blog’s header image, I am one of those people. So, to mark the day, here are some links to great sources ... [Read more...]

Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 1: What is CANSIM?

November 3, 2019 | Data Enthusiast's Blog

Back to Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Introduction.Forward to Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 2. CANSIM and cansimWhat to ExpectBefore You Start CANSIM and cansim CANSIM stands for Canadian Socioeconomic Information Management System. Not long ago it was renamed to “Statistics Canada Data,” but here ... [Read more...]

Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Introduction

October 31, 2019 | Data Enthusiast's Blog

Forward to Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 1. This is the Introduction to the series on working with Statistics Canada data in the R language. The goal of the series is to provide some examples (accompanied by detailed in-depth explanations) of working with Statistics Canada data in R. ... [Read more...]

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Articles by Data Enthusiast's Blog

ggwebthemes: Some ggplot2 Themes Optimized for Blogs

Three ggplot2 Themes Optimized for the Web

Writing Functions to Automate Repetitive Plotting Tasks in ggplot2

Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 6: Visualizing Census Data

COVID-19 Canada Data Explorer Tool

Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 5: Retrieving Census Data

Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 4: Canadian Census Data – cancensus Package Setup

Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 3: Visualizing CANSIM Data

Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 2: Retrieving CANSIM Data

GIS Day!

Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Part 1: What is CANSIM?

Working with Statistics Canada Data in R, Introduction

Articles by Data Enthusiast's Blog

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