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Applied Data Visualization with R and ggplot2

You're reading from   Applied Data Visualization with R and ggplot2 Create useful, elaborate, and visually appealing plots

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789612158
Length 140 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dr. Tania Moulik Dr. Tania Moulik
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Advanced Plotting Techniques

Two of the most common advanced plotting techniques are scatter plots and bubble charts. Scatter plots show the relationship between two variables. A bubble chart can include a third variable. Each point (with its values (v1, v2, v3) of associated data) is plotted as a disk, where two of the values show the x and y locations, and the third depicts the size. Just like in a scatter plot, a bubble chart uses numerical variables for its x and y axes. You cannot use categorical variables in a bubble chart.

In this plot, we will plot the electricity consumption per capita for different years and different countries. The size of the point will vary, according to the population of the country.

Creating a Bubble Chart

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