#r data visualization

R: ggplot using facets

In this example I am going to teach you to use facets to add another level to your ggplot data visualizations. In this example we will be working with the ChickWeight data set from R Datasets

First, let’s check out the data by running head()

head(ChickWeight)

We have 4 columns in our data, weight, Time, Chick, and Diet.

Now, let’s build our ggplot model. Below, we are setting our model to a…

R: Intro to ggplot()

ggplot() is a powerful graphing tool in R. While it is more complex to use than qplot(), its added complexity comes with advantages.

Don’t worry about the complexity, we are going to step into it slowly.

Let’s start by getting a data set. I am going to choose airquality from the R data sets package. You can find a list of data sets from that package here: Link

We are going to manipulate some of…