It’s Graphics Week!

Stat 251

2026-02-17

Access to Github

The 30 days for the personalized token are up/were up last week …

Remember to extend the token or create a new one (with usethis::create_github_token())

Then follow the instructions of gitcreds::git_set()

Graphics week!

You should have read:

• Graphics
  • Focus on relationships between variables
  • Grammar of Graphics vs. Manual plot specification/mapping
  • Exploratory data analysis
• Good Graphics
  • Perception & Cognition
  • Use the least complicated chart that still works

Make Graphics!

• Part I: Make visual summaries for two new data sets and think about mappings

• Part II: Use your knowledge to create the worst!

Resources for this week

• R and Python Graph Galleries

• Ugly Chart Challenge variant example from last semester’s graduate class

• Customizing ggplot2 plots

  • Also an RStudio addin package - ggThemeAssist

• Customizing seaborn plots

Homework

• Explanations! What can you see from the plot? What is its purpose?

What can you see from this plot?

Does the plot support the message?

“Gap between people and sheep rapidly closing” (March 2025)

Homework rubric

Next time

• Continue working on homework assignment