Classes
Using R for Graphics Programming: An Introduction Using a Point-and-Click Interface
R is a free software package that can generate publication ready statistical graphics with either a point and click system or using code that a programmer crafts. This class introduces people, without a programming background, to the core graphical methods that ship with the R programming language and introduces a few additional free R packages which allow novices to produce high quality scientific graphics. This is both a lecture and hands on lab so students should ideally have a laptop.
After completing the class attendees will know how:- How R functions work
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How to generate common univariate and multivariate graphics
- Pie charts
- Bar plots
- Dot charts
- Scatter plots
- Sunflower plots
- Jittered dot plots
- Stem and Leaf plots
- Histograms
- Boxplots
- Violin plots
- How to do analyses on subsets
- How to do multi-panel plots
- Commonly used Graphic Display Parameters
- Setting custom colors
- Exporting pretty graphics into PDFs and other graphics formats
- How to learn more
About the Instructor:
Ray Balise PhD, Stanford Health Research and PolicyPlease if you have questions about course content, etc.
Prequisites:
Students must have completed the instructions installing R on a Windows Machine or a Mac before taking this class.