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Healy, Kieran Joseph, 1973-

Data visualization : a practical introduction / Kieran Healy - Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK : Princeton University Press, 2019. - xviii, 272 p. : ill. col, charts ; 26 x 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index

Look at data -- Get started -- Make a plot -- Show the right numbers -- Graph tables, add labels, make notes -- Work with models -- Draw maps -- Refine your plots Preface --

"This book provides students and researchers a hands-on introduction to the principles and practice of data visualization. It explains what makes some graphs succeed while others fail, how to make high-quality figures from data using powerful and reproducible methods, and how to think about data visualization in an honest and effective way. Data visualization builds the reader's expertise in ggplot2, a versatile visualization library for the R programming language ...."--Page 4 of cover

ISBN: 9780691181615 0691181616 9780691181622 0691181624

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Information visualization.
R (Computer program language)
Visual analytics

LC Class. No.: QA76.9.I52 / H43 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 001.4226 / H434