Data Exploration and Visualization using R and ggplot2

*Time:* June 22 (Monday) 10AM-12PM, 1PM-3PM, 4PM-5PM (Participants are registered for all three sessions.)

*Name:* Data Exploration and Visualization using R and ggplot2

(Zoom meeting link will be emailed to registered attendees two days prior to the event.)

*Description:* This course is intended to help people with basic experience using R take their first steps on a data analysis. We provide a quick overview of introductory R programming, then focus on using R and ggplot2 for data exploration and visualization. Note: planned topics for each session may change as time constraints dictate.

*Syllabus:*

*10AM-12PM session:*

* R and RStudio basics: data types, subsetting, reading/writing data, loops and functions.

* Basic data exploration and plotting in base R: summaries, tables, plotting different types of data.

*1PM-3PM Session:*

* Introduction to ggplot2 and the “grammar of graphics:” understanding the logic of ggplot2, preparing and plotting data.

* Beyond ggplot2 basics: overlaying geoms, visualizing strata for comparison, changing default plot options.

*4PM-5PM session:*

* Example: making a choropleth map in ggplot2.

****FOR SPECIFIC COURSE CONTENT QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT COURSE INSTRUCTOR ARNIE SEONG: akseong@uci.edu *****