For the readings this week, please feel free to only skim each reading. It is highly recommended, however, that you fully complete the DataCamp exercises. These exercises will provide you with a hands-on introduction to using ggplot2, the best-known (and best overall) visualization library in R.

Readings

  1. Why Scientists Need to be Better at Data Visualization
    Knowable Magazine, November 11, 2019
    Betsy Mason

  2. Data Visualization in Sociology
    Annual Review of Sociology, 2014, 40: 105-128.
    Kieran Healy and James Moody
    (Optional reading)

  3. An Economist’s Guide to Visualizing Data
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2014, 28 (1): 209-234.
    Jonathan A. Schwabish
    (Optional reading)

  4. Data Looks Better Naked
    DarkHorse Analytics, August 20, 2013
    Joey Cherdarchuk

  5. ggplot2 Cheatsheet
    RStudio

DataCamp

In-class exercise

Class exercises: Visualization_Exercises.R