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% Tutorial 6: Visualizations
% DPI R Bootcamp
% Jared Knowles
```{r setuph, include=FALSE}
# set global chunk options
opts_chunk$set(fig.path='figure/slides6-', cache.path='cache/slides6-',fig.width=12,fig.height=9,message=FALSE,error=FALSE,warning=FALSE,echo=TRUE,size='tiny',dev='png',out.width='600px',out.height='350px')
library(eeptools)
```
# Overview
In this lesson we hope to learn:
- What is data visualization and why does it matter?
- How to draw diagnostic plots in base graphics
- Colors
- `ggplot2'
- Basic geoms
- Layering and faceting plots
- Putting it together
<p align="center"><img src="img/dpilogo.png" height="81" width="138"></p>
```{r setup, message=FALSE,warning=FALSE,echo=FALSE,comment=FALSE}
load('data/smalldata.rda')
dropbox_source<-function(myurl){
require(stringr)
s<-str_extract(myurl,"[/][a-z][/]\\d+[/][a-z]*.*")
new_url<-paste("http://dl.dropbox.com",s,sep="")
source(new_url)
}
```
# Graphics Matter
- Graphics are a huge part of R and R encourages its users to use visualization to aid and present analysis
- Graphics are hard to get right, but tools can help make it easier
- Lots of great resources to help available for this online and linked to at the end of this document
# Visualization Philosophy
- Visualization is about thinking about what objects in our dataset map with what visual cues for the viewer
- liberal use of `names(object)` helps
- What is the best way to show discrete variables, continuous variables, and connected variables
- We also need to be unafraid about trying transformations of variables, recoding variables, and reshaping variables to tell the story we are looking for
- What is a plot?
# Our data for this exercise
- As we now know, student data is quite fascinating
- We have many discrete attribute variables
- Race, gender, economics, etc.
- We have some continuous variables
- Test scores, attendance
- We have some grouping variables
- Schools, districts, students, teachers
- Rich ground to make a number of visualizations that are useful
# Base graphics
- R has base graphics which are useful for quickly doing some plots
```{r basehist}
hist(df$readSS)
```
# Base graphics are simple
- You can use them to understand your data and do quick diagnostics
- The commands are pretty easy to remember
- You can do complex things with them if you like, but the syntax can be confusing
# Base graphics has some limitations
- What if we try to do a scatterplot of lots of data?
```{r basescatter,out.width='300px',out.height='200px'}
plot(df$readSS,df$mathSS)
```
- To add a line, we have to use another line of code
```{r scatterbaseline,out.width='300px',out.height='200px'}
plot(df$readSS,df$mathSS)
lines(lowess(df$readSS~df$mathSS),col='red')
```
# Basic Plot
- Don't use R base graphics
- `ggplot2` is pretty much the new standard in R
- Create beautiful, clear plots with a nice consistent set of language conventions
```{r plot1,out.height='325px'}
library(ggplot2)
qplot(readSS,mathSS,data=df)
```
# Now, how?
- Apply best visualization principles, particularly the "Grammar of Graphics"
- `ggplot2` an R package does just this by breaking plots into a few basic components
- aesthetics, geoms, layers, and scales
- Making high quality graphics is just a matter of applying the right data to the right aesthetics in an appropriate geom, adding layer for detail, and ensuring the scale is appropriate
- Let's talk about how to do that next
# What are the basic plot types?
```{r ggplot2plottypes,echo=FALSE,out.width='850px',out.height='520px'}
p1<-qplot(factor(grade),readSS,data=df,geom='boxplot')+theme_dpi(base_size=12)
p2<-qplot(readSS,data=df,geom='density')+theme_dpi(base_size=12)
p3<-qplot(readSS,data=df)+theme_dpi(base_size=12)
p4<-qplot(grade,readSS,data=df,geom='line',group=1,stat='quantile')+theme_dpi(base_size=12)
p5<-qplot(mathSS,readSS,data=df)+theme_dpi(base_size=12)
library(plyr)
df2<-ddply(df,.(schid),summarize,mean_math=mean(mathSS,na.rm=T))
p6<-qplot(factor(schid),mean_math,data=df2,geom='bar',stat='identity')+theme_dpi(base_size=12)
print(grid.arrange(p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6,nrow=2))
```
# What are some advanced plot types?
```{r ggplot2plottypesadv,echo=FALSE,out.width='850px',out.height='520px'}
p1<-qplot(factor(grade),readSS,data=df,geom='boxplot')+theme_dpi(base_size=12)+ stat_summary(fun.data = "mean_cl_boot", colour = "red",size=(1.2))
p2<-qplot(readSS,data=df,geom='density',fill=race)+theme_dpi(base_size=12)+opts(legend.position='bottom')
p3<-qplot(readSS,data=df,fill=factor(female),position='stack')+theme_dpi(base_size=12)+opts(legend.position='bottom')
p4<-qplot(grade,readSS,data=df,geom='line',group=1,stat='quantile')+theme_dpi(base_size=12)+geom_jitter(alpha=(.2))
p5<-qplot(mathSS,readSS,data=df,alpha=I(.25))+theme_dpi(base_size=12)+stat_density2d(aes(color=factor(df$disab)),size=I(1.03))+opts(legend.position='bottom')
df2<-ddply(df,.(schid),summarize,mean_math=mean(mathSS,na.rm=T),sd_math=sd(mathSS,na.rm=T))
p6<-ggplot(df2,aes(x=factor(schid),y=mean_math,ymin=mean_math-2*sd_math,ymax=mean_math+2*sd_math))+geom_pointrange()+geom_errorbar(size=I(1.03),width=.25,color='grey40')+theme_dpi(base_size=12)
print(grid.arrange(p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6,nrow=2))
```
#
Your Turn: What are some examples of interesting visualizations we could use?
-------------------------------------------------------------------
# Understanding Grammar of Graphics through A Scatterplot
```{r smallscatter,out.width='300px',out.height='240px'}
qplot(readSS,mathSS,data=df,alpha=I(.3))+theme_dpi()
```
- What is a scatterplot?
- A 2d representation of data as coordinates, in this case the `readSS` is the x coordinate and `mathSS` is the y coordinate for each observation in our data
- Each observation is a point (*geom*)
- Both axes scale in a linear fashion (*scales*)
# Grammar of Graphics
- In one way of thinking about this, each data visualization has four components
- **Geometries** that represent data (*points, bars, lines*)
- **Statistics** that represent information about the data (*identity, mean, median, deviance*)
- **Scales** that map the geometries and statistics to space (*linear, quadratic, logrithmic*)
- A **coordinate system** and canvas to put all on
# Geoms
- **Geoms** are the way data is represented, you can think of it like a chart type in another programming language
- We have seen a number of examples, and **geoms** can be combined in unique ways to convey more data
- Quiz: Represent `df$mathSS` using **3 separate geoms**
# Geom Quiz
```{r geomquiz,out.width='350px',out.height='260px'}
qplot(mathSS,readSS,data=df)+theme_dpi()
qplot(mathSS,data=df)+theme_dpi()
qplot(factor(grade),mathSS,data=df,geom='line',group=stuid,alpha=I(.2))+theme_dpi()
```
# Aesthetics
- **geoms** allow us to only display a couple of data elements at once, to do more we need to map to other visual representations
- This is what *aesthetics* are
- aesthetics are colors, glyphs (shapes), and sizes of graph objects mapped to visual cues
- `ggplot2` has an extended syntax that makes this obvious
```{r extended,out.height='240px'}
ggplot(df,aes(x=readSS,y=mathSS))+geom_point()
# Identical to: qplot(readSS,mathSS,data=df)
```
- `aes` says we are specifying aesthetics, here we specified x and y to make a two dimensional graphic
# Examples of Aesthetics
```{r plot2,out.width='400px',out.height='300px'}
data(mpg)
qplot(displ,cty,data=mpg)+theme_dpi()
qplot(displ,cty,data=mpg,size=cyl)+theme_dpi()
qplot(displ,cty,data=mpg,shape=drv,size=I(3))+theme_dpi()
qplot(displ,cty,data=mpg,color=class)+theme_dpi()
```
# Experiment with Aesthetics
### Draw some plots with different aesthetics using our student level dataset
# Some Considerations with Aesthetics
- **aesthetics** are very sensitive to whether a variable is continuous or discrete or ordered
- **R** isn't always so worried about this!
- Why does it matter? Let's see a few examples
# Aesthetics Considerations (ordered)
```{r racesizemapping}
qplot(mathSS,readSS,data=df[1:100,],size=race,alpha=I(.8))+theme_dpi()
```
- Does this make sense?
# Another Aesthetics Concern (ordered)
```{r proflvlcolor}
df$proflvl2<-factor(df$proflvl,levels=c('advanced','basic','proficient','below basic'))
df$proflvl2<-ordered(df$proflvl2)
qplot(mathSS,readSS,data=df[1:100,],color=proflvl2,size=I(3))+scale_color_brewer(type='seq')+theme_dpi()
```
# Aesthetics Concern 2 (discrete and continuous)
- What aesthetics can we map continuous variables like `mathSS` to, and what can we map discrete characteristics like `race` to?
```{r badcontinuousmapping}
qplot(factor(grade),readSS,data=df[1:100,],color=mathSS,geom='jitter',size=I(3.2))+theme_dpi()
```
- What's wrong?
# Aesthetics Concern 2
```{r baddiscretemap}
qplot(factor(grade),readSS,data=df[1:100,],color=dist,geom='jitter',size=I(3.2))+theme_dpi()
```
- What's wrong?
# Thinking about Aesthetics
- One concern is discrete v. continuous variables
Aesthetic Discrete Continuous
---------- --------------------------- --------------------------------
Color Disparate colors Sequential or divergent colors
Size Unique size for each value mapping to radius of value
Shape A shape for each value **does not make sense**
# Another is ordered v. unordered
Aesthetic Ordered Unordered
---------- -------------------------------- -------------------------
Color Sequential or divergent colors Rainbow
Size Increasing or decreasing radius **does not make sense**
Shape **does not make sense** A shape for each value
# Scales
- Scales are the way the numeric/categorical data is mapped to a visual representation
- They transform the geoms and aesthetics
- Scales preserve the mapping, but allow us to explore reshaping the data
```{r scaleexample,echo=FALSE}
p1<-qplot(factor(grade),mathSS,data=df,geom='jitter',alpha=I(.3))+theme_dpi(base_size=12)
p2<-qplot(factor(grade),mathSS,data=df,geom='jitter',alpha=I(.3))+scale_y_sqrt()+theme_dpi(base_size=12)
p3<-qplot(factor(grade),log2(mathSS),data=df,geom='jitter',alpha=I(.3))+theme_dpi(base_size=12)
p4<-qplot(grade,log2(mathSS),data=df,geom='jitter',alpha=I(.3))+
scale_x_continuous(breaks=c(3,6,8),labels=c('young','middle','old'))+theme_dpi(base_size=12)
p5<-qplot(factor(grade),mathSS,data=df,geom='jitter',alpha=I(.3))+
scale_y_reverse()+theme_dpi(base_size=12)
p6<-qplot(factor(grade),mathSS,data=df,geom='jitter',alpha=I(.3))+
scale_y_continuous(breaks=c(250,400,600,700),
labels=c('minimal','basic','proficient','advanced'))+theme_dpi(base_size=12)
grid.arrange(p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6,nrow=2)
```
# Scales Caveats
- Despite not changing the mapping of data to space, scales can dramatically influence the interpretation of our data
- Rescaling data should be done thoughtfully and with care
- Picking a good scale can be really difficult, and sometimes, a good scale just won't exist without reshaping or subsetting the data!
# Scales also apply to color and fill
- The colors we choose can carry important meaning, as we have discussed
- So can the shapes we use for points, or for lines
- It is important to keep this in mind
# Layers
- Exactly what they sound like, each plot is a simple series of layers
- One way to do layers is to break plots up into small multiples (see Tufte)
```{r smallfacets}
qplot(readSS,mathSS,data=df)+facet_wrap(~grade)+theme_dpi(base_size=12)+
geom_smooth(method='lm',se=FALSE,size=I(1.2))
```
# We can also facet across more attributes
```{r smallfacets2}
qplot(readSS,mathSS,data=df)+facet_grid(ell~grade)+theme_dpi(base_size=12)+
geom_smooth(method='lm',se=FALSE,size=I(1.2))
```
# Visualizing Categorical Data
- Visualization is not just limited to continuous data using scatterplots
- Sometimes we want to look at the density of data in different categories
- Sometimes we want to look at the size of groups compared to an expected group size
- What are some other examples?
# Structural Plots
```{r strucplot}
library(vcd)
df$proflvl<-factor(df$proflvl,levels=c("advanced","proficient","basic","below basic"))
a<-structable(proflvl~race,data=df)
mosaic(a,shade=TRUE)
```
# How do we interpret these plots?
- We use size and color to express proportionality and expected values
- This can be applied to other areas as well
# Another example
```{r strucplot2}
library(vcd)
df$proflvl<-factor(df$proflvl,levels=c("advanced","proficient","basic","below basic"))
a<-structable(female~race,data=df)
mosaic(a,shade=TRUE)
```
# A few pro tips
- Don't be afraid to manipulate the data
- Aggregate, combine, rescale variables to make the story easier to understand
- Don't use too much color
- People print your work, color blindness is more prevalent than you think
- Color is fickle. Monitors and projectors reproduce it differently.
- Don't overwhelm the user
- Make your visual depictions as easy as possible to immediately understand that data
- Don't plot everything all at once
# Colors in R
- ggplot2 default colors are based on maximizing space between colors using HCL
- Read more here: [A tutorial on ggplot2 colors](http://is-r.tumblr.com/post/34693674524/ggtutorial-day-3-introduction-to-colors); [HCL color](http://hclcolor.com)
```{r ggplot2colors,echo=FALSE}
library(gridExtra)
X <- c(1)
Y <- c(1)
DF <- as.data.frame(cbind(X,Y))
c.1 <- ggplot(data = DF) + geom_bar(aes(x = X, y = Y, fill = factor(X))) + coord_flip() + theme(legend.position="none") + labs(x="", y="", title="One Colour") + scale_y_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0)) + scale_x_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0))
X <- c(1:2)
Y <- rep(1, length(X))
DF <- as.data.frame(cbind(X,Y))
c.2 <- ggplot(data = DF) + geom_bar(aes(x = X, y = Y, fill = factor(X))) + coord_flip() + theme(legend.position="none") + labs(x="", y="", title="Two Colours") + scale_y_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0)) + scale_x_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0))
X <- c(1:3)
Y <- rep(1, length(X))
DF <- as.data.frame(cbind(X,Y))
c.3 <- ggplot(data = DF) + geom_bar(aes(x = X, y = Y, fill = factor(X))) + coord_flip() + theme(legend.position="none") + labs(x="", y="", title="Three Colours") + scale_y_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0)) + scale_x_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0))
X <- c(1:4)
Y <- rep(1, length(X))
DF <- as.data.frame(cbind(X,Y))
c.4 <- ggplot(data = DF) + geom_bar(aes(x = X, y = Y, fill = factor(X))) + coord_flip() + theme(legend.position="none")+ labs(x="", y="", title="Four Colours") + scale_y_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0)) + scale_x_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0))
X <- c(1:5)
Y <- rep(1, length(X))
DF <- as.data.frame(cbind(X,Y))
c.5 <- ggplot(data = DF) + geom_bar(aes(x = X, y = Y, fill = factor(X))) + coord_flip() + theme(legend.position="none") + labs(x="", y="", title="Five Colours") + scale_y_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0)) + scale_x_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0))
X <- c(1:6)
Y <- rep(1, length(X))
DF <- as.data.frame(cbind(X,Y))
c.6 <- ggplot(data = DF) + geom_bar(aes(x = X, y = Y, fill = factor(X))) + coord_flip() + theme(legend.position="none") + labs(x="", y="", title="Six Colours") + scale_y_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0)) + scale_x_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0))
X <- c(1:7)
Y <- rep(1, length(X))
DF <- as.data.frame(cbind(X,Y))
c.7 <- ggplot(data = DF) + geom_bar(aes(x = X, y = Y, fill = factor(X))) + coord_flip() + theme(legend.position="none") + labs(x="", y="", title="Seven Colours") + scale_y_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0)) + scale_x_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0))
X <- c(1:8)
Y <- rep(1, length(X))
DF <- as.data.frame(cbind(X,Y))
c.8 <- ggplot(data = DF) + geom_bar(aes(x = X, y = Y, fill = factor(X))) + coord_flip() + theme(legend.position="none") + labs(x="", y="", title="Eight Colours") + scale_y_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0)) + scale_x_continuous(breaks=NULL, expand=c(0,0))
MfrowGG <- grid.arrange(c.1, c.2, c.3, c.4, c.5,
c.6, c.7, c.8, ncol=2)
```
# The R Colorspace is Huge
```{r colorwheel,out.width='300px',out.height='240px',echo=FALSE}
colwheel<-"https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1811289/colorwheel.R"
dropbox_source(colwheel)
col.wheel("magenta",nearby=2)
col.wheel("orange",nearby=2)
col.wheel("brown",nearby=2)
```
# Some Practical Advice
- Use [ColorBrewer palettes](http://colorbrewer2.org/): Available by default in ggplot2
- Designed for geographic mapping purposes to be easy to distinguish, easy to interpret across a diverse array of users, and sensitive to color-blindness
- As easy in ggplot2 as adding any color scale: `+scale_color_brewer(palette"X")`
- You can choose from sequential palettes, diverging palettes, qualitative palettes,and many more--depending on how many colors you need and what makes sense in your data
- Let's think about colors a little more together
# Above and Beyond
```{r premier,echo=FALSE,out.width='800px',out.height='520px'}
library(grid)
p1<-qplot(readSS,..density..,data=df,fill=race,
position='fill',geom='density')+scale_fill_brewer(
type='qual',palette=2)
p2<-qplot(readSS,..fill..,data=df,fill=race,
position='fill',geom='density')+scale_fill_brewer(
type='qual',palette=2)+ylim(c(0,1))+theme_bw()+
opts(legend.position='none',
axis.text.x=theme_blank(),
axis.text.y=theme_blank(),
axis.ticks=theme_blank(),
panel.margin=unit(0,"lines"))+ylab('')+
xlab('')
vp<-viewport(x=unit(.65,"npc"),y=unit(.73,"npc"),
width=unit(.2,"npc"),height=unit(.2,"npc"))
print(p1)
print(p2,vp=vp)
```
# Scary R Code
```{r premiernoeval,eval=FALSE,tidy=FALSE}
library(grid)
p1<-qplot(readSS,..density..,data=df,fill=race,
position='fill',geom='density')+scale_fill_brewer(
type='qual',palette=2)
p2<-qplot(readSS,..fill..,data=df,fill=race,
position='fill',geom='density')+scale_fill_brewer(
type='qual',palette=2)+ylim(c(0,1))+theme_bw()+
opts(legend.position='none',
axis.text.x=theme_blank(),
axis.text.y=theme_blank(),
axis.ticks=theme_blank(),
panel.margin=unit(0,"lines"))+ylab('')+
xlab('')
vp<-viewport(x=unit(.65,"npc"),y=unit(.73,"npc"),
width=unit(.2,"npc"),height=unit(.2,"npc"))
print(p1)
print(p2,vp=vp)
```
# Exercises
1. Embed one plot in another plot in R using two different data elements from our data set. For example, plot a histogram of `readSS` inside a scatterplot of `readSS` and `mathSS`
2. Explore some examples on the ggplot2 website. What are some ways to overlay more than 3 dimensions of data in a single plot?
3. What types of data work best for what types of visualizations?
# References
1. [Hadley Wickham's JSM 2012 Presentation](http://www.stat.yale.edu/~jay/JSM2012/PDFs/ggplot2.pdf)
2. [Hadley Wickam's ggplot2 Intro Presentation](http://had.co.nz/ggplot2/resources/2007-vanderbilt.pdf)
3. [The ggplot2 Homepage](http://had.co.nz/ggplot2/)
4. [ggplot2 Documentation](http://had.co.nz/ggplot2/docs)
5. [Quick R: Basic Graphs](http://www.statmethods.net/graphs/index.html)
6. [Quick R: Advanced Graphs](http://www.statmethods.net/advgraphs/index.html)
# Session Info
It is good to include the session info, e.g. this document is produced with **knitr** version `r packageVersion('knitr')`. Here is my session info:
```{r session-info}
print(sessionInfo(), locale=FALSE)
```
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