Rendering of Plots and Graphs in Statistical Package R

PWS 319
X World Conference on Computers in Education
July 2-5, 2013; Toruń, Poland
Rendering of Plots and Graphs
in Statistical Package R
Maja Czoków, [email protected]
Jarosław Piersa, [email protected]
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Nicolas Copernicus University,
Toruń, Poland
Abstract
The aim of the workshop is to familiarize the participants with statistical package R
and particularly with its rendering engine. The course includes
 brief introduction to the syntax,
 designing and plotting graphs of functions,
 adding annotations and legends,
 adjusting parameters of the figure,
 saving rendered outputs into graphical files,
 designing more advanced statistical plots such as histograms, scatter plots.
The participants are expected to possess elementary programming skills and basic
knowledge of mathematics. Experience in statistics is welcome but not mandatory.
Keywords
R-project, plot, function graph
References
Becker, R., Chambers, J., Wilks, A., The New S Language. Chapman & Hall, New
York, 1988.
R Core Team (multiple authors), An Introduction to R; on-line reference,
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-intro.html, access 2013-05-13
Biographies
Maja Czoków – graduated from Nicolas Copernicus University in Toruń, she currently works towards her PhD in adaptive learning of spring systems.
Jarosław Piersa – graduated from Nicolas Copernicus University in Toruń, he currently works as a research assistant at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer
Science, NCU.
Copyright
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