Build Advanced Charts in R
1h 44mAdvanced2023-08-22
Authors

Rita Giordano
Course details
If you’re looking to improve your data visualization skills, this course was designed for you. Join instructor Rita Giordano to explore the basics of building advanced charts in R such as lollipop plots, sparklines, dot charts, slope charts, chord diagrams, and more.
Learn how to create a theme function and combine multiple plots for more effective storytelling with data. The course will also cover how to address accessibility and annotations by using a colorblind-friendly palette and dyslexia-friendly fonts. By the end of this course, you’ll know when to use advanced charts and when to apply accessibility principles to your charts. Along the way, you’ll also acquire new skills for building a simple infographic with two or more charts to tell a story.
Learn how to create a theme function and combine multiple plots for more effective storytelling with data. The course will also cover how to address accessibility and annotations by using a colorblind-friendly palette and dyslexia-friendly fonts. By the end of this course, you’ll know when to use advanced charts and when to apply accessibility principles to your charts. Along the way, you’ll also acquire new skills for building a simple infographic with two or more charts to tell a story.
Skills covered
RStatisticsData VisualizationAdvancedProgramming LanguagesData ScienceBusiness Analysis and StrategyBusiness Software and ToolsOpen SourceSoftware Development
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Building advanced charts
- 02 - What you should know
- 03 - Using exercise files
1. Explore the Data
- 04 - Load and inspect your data
- 05 - Exploratory charts
2. Chords Diagrams
- 06 - Introduction to circlize package
- 07 - Prepare your data
- 08 - Create a chord diagram
- 09 - Customize your chord diagram
- 10 - Customization options
- 11 - Create a function
3. Other Advanced Charts
- 12 - Create advanced charts
- 13 - Create a sparkline chart
- 14 - Create a lollipop plot
- 15 - Create a slope graph
4. Accessibility and Annotations
- 16 - Accessible color palettes
- 17 - Add charts on the same figure
- 18 - Add annotations and backgrounds
- 19 - Further annotation
Conclusion
- 20 - Next steps
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