15.1 Introduction
We’ll show how to make scatterplots using the “quick plot” function (qplot) from ggplot2. ggplot2::qplot and ggpubr both offer simplified plotting using tools from ggplot2’s toolkit. ggpubr implements a different syntax, though, while qplot use more standard ggplot2 idioms and so is a good way to get a sense for the full power of ggploting.
Learning goals & outcomes
- Make scatter plots : )
Functions & Arguements
- library
- names
- qplot
- data
- dim
- head
- summary
- factor
- log
Packages
- ggplot2
- cowplot
Potential hangups
There are many ways to make plots in R: ggplot, qplot, ggpubr, plot; and I’m leaving a few out. Moving between them is meant to give you a sense for the different tools so you can recognize them “in the wild” on the internet and in books. We’ll transition to focusing on ggpubr soon.