Data Visualization

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# Data Visualization
## Computer Tools
### Andrew Irwin, <a href="mailto:a.irwin@dal.ca" class="email">a.irwin@dal.ca</a>
### Math & Stats, Dalhousie University
### 2021-01-08 (updated: 2021-01-01)

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# What computing tools will we learn?

* R

* Rstudio

* ggplot

* tidyverse

* Rmarkdown

* git

* github

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# Why are we learning to use these tools?

* Powerful set of tools for data analysis and visualization, communication, maintenance and dissemination

* Widely used and actively developed

* Will eventually be displaced by new methods

* Core principles are long-lived and will be useful for decades

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# R

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# Rstudio

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# Grammar of Graphics

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# tidyverse

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# R markdown

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# git

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# github

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# Suggested reading

* Course notes: Computer Tools

* Healy. Preface

* Healy. Sections 2.1, 2.2: Getting started

* R4DS. Chapter 1: Introduction

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# Task

* Lesson 3 course notes: Setting up your computer

* Videos to accompany Lesson 3

* Task 2: 
  * Install the software, 
  * Create github account
  * Complete quiz on Brightspace