Intro to dataviz
What is data visualization? Why is it useful? What are exploratory and explanatory analysis? How to pick the right chart?
Lecture | 1h30 | Slides
About bad charts
This lecture showcases about 30 charts that illustrate the most common dataviz bad practices, and discuss workarounds.
Lecture | 1h | Slides
The very basics of ggplot2
Build basic charts with ggplot2, the most powerful tool for dataviz with R. All basic chart types are covered.
Lecture & Practical & Correction | 4h
Going further with ggplot2
Learn the next steps of ggplot2, like annotation, appearance customization, extensions and more.
Practical & Correction | 4h
Reporting with R Markdown
Build interactive and reproducible reports directly from your R code thanks to R Markdown.
Practical | 2h | Slides
Intro to github
Share your report online thanks to github, and learn the basics of version control and code sharing.
Practical | 2h | Slides
April 2019 session - Alès, France
- Schedule:
- Monday Morning: Introduction to data visualization & About bad chart.
- Monday Afternoon: Introduction to ggplot2. 10 minutes lecture followed by practical. → Homework: create an account on github. Install R studio. Choose a dataset for your project
- Friday Morning: Advanced ggplot2 practical.
- Friday Afternoon: Introduction to R Markdown and github.
- Evaluation
- Individual: link to the online test. Dead line: 16/04/2019
- Grouped: see how your dataviz project will be evaluated. Dead line: 24/04/2019
Coming soon...
Intro to R
Learn the basics of R and the tidyverse. Loading a file, basic data manipulation, simple stat model and a first chart.
Less common charts
Discover charts like Sankey Diagram, Network graphs, Maps, Treemaps and more. Learn how to build them with R.
Data manipulation in R
Tidyr and Dplyr are 2 packages from the tidyverse allowing to efficiently manipulate your data.
Practical | 4h | Slides
Building maps with R
How to represent geospatial information with static or interactive maps with R. Introduces packages like sf and leaflet.
Practical | 4h | Slides
Interactive charts
The Html Widgets are a set of R packages allowing to build interactive charts. Allows to zoom in, add tooltip on hover and more.
Practical | 4h | Slides