ggplot2 is a system for declaratively creating graphics, based on The Grammar of Graphics. You provide the data, tell ggplot2 how to map variables to aesthetics, what graphical primitives to use, and it takes care of the details.

In this 30minute video Dr Jill Mackay covers the basics of creating charts in ggplot2.

Watch the creating charts in ggplot2 tutorial directly on Media Hopper Create

 

This tutorial was created for the International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law postgraduate programme at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.

 

Dr Jill Mackay, Senior Lecturer (Veterinary Medical Education) at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, is a proponent of open science, and particularly exploring how education research can adopt open science practices. She has created and published multiple OER, including the open textbook R@R(D)SVS designed to help staff and students get to grips with with R programming.