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Mastering the Grammar

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In order to unlock the full power of ggplot2, you’ll need to master the underlying grammar. By understanding the grammar, and how its components fit together, you can create a wider range of visualizations, combine multiple sources of data, and customise to your heart’s content.

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  • Wickham H (2008) Practical tools for exploring data and models. PhD Thesis, Iowa State University. http://had.co.nz/thesis

  • Wilkinson L (2005) The grammar of graphics. Statistics and computing, 2nd edn. Springer, New York

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Wickham, H. (2016). Mastering the Grammar. In: ggplot2. Use R!. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24277-4_4

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