PS02: Data Visualisation

Overview

Practice creating plots with ggplot2 — scatterplots, histograms, and boxplots — using data on births from the state of North Carolina.

Read Chapter 2 of ModernDive before attempting this problem set.

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Download

Download the problem set template, open it in RStudio, and complete the exercises directly in the document.

PS02.zip

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Setup

Run this at the top of your document to install and load the required packages:

if (!require(pacman)) install.packages("pacman")
pacman::p_load(ggplot2, dplyr, readr)

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Exercises

Scatterplots

Investigate relationships between numerical variables.

Histograms

Explore the distribution of a single numerical variable.

Boxplots

Compare distributions of a numerical variable across groups.

Independent practice

Choose appropriate plot types to answer open-ended questions.

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When you are done, render to HTML and submit on Moodle. Name your file PS02_yourname.html.