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intuitive visualizations of categorization for non-technical audiences

Apr 25, 2011 · 8 min read · analytics dataviz ggplot2 graphics predictive R visualization statistics ·

For a project I’m working on at work, I’m building a predictive model that categorizes something (I can’t tell you what) into two bins. There is a default bin that 95% of the things belong to and a bin that the business cares a lot about, containing 5% of the things. Some readers may be familiar with the use of …

how to speak ggplot2 like a native, and Predictive Analytics World

Oct 24, 2010 · 2 min read · ggplot2 meetup R ·

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I was recently given the opportunity to re-present my ggplot2 talk, which I originally gave to the NYC R Meetup, to the DC R Meetup group. The Meetup was held co-located with the Predictive Analytics World conference in Alexandria, VA. (More on my thoughts on PAW below…) Contentwise, I made only small changes, changing …

ggplot and concepts -- what's right, and what's wrong

Mar 7, 2010 · 6 min read · ggplot2 graphics programming R ·

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A few months back I gave a presentation to the NYC R Meetup. (R is a statistical programming language. If this means nothing to you, feel free to stop reading now.) The presentation was on ggplot2, a popular package for generating graphs of data and statistics. In the talk (which you can see here, including both my …