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Using R To Create Beautiful Graphs for Data Visualization

An Extended Tutorial For Beginners To Data Science And Data Visualization in R.

Bryan Dijkhuizen
9 min readNov 16, 2021
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Data visualization is a method for converting abstract data into concrete information and possibly knowledge.

The exponential increase in data ensures that we can measure more and provide insight. You do this with the help of data visualization. For many people, however, data is an abstract given. Creating data visualizations ensures that we can convert data into tangible and readable data. But why do we want this, what exactly does it bring us, and how can we implement this?

As mentioned above, there is an enormous increase in available internal and external data. With the help of data, we can convey a message, and we do that with the help of data visualization.

Why is data visualization important?

Effective communication is essential when conveying a story or advice. It can easily happen that when conveying a story, the recipient misunderstands your message. Consider, for example, transferring a story via WhatsApp. We write a message, but it can easily be misunderstood.

How is it then that a face-to-face message is less often misunderstood? This has to do with…

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Bryan Dijkhuizen
Bryan Dijkhuizen

Written by Bryan Dijkhuizen

Writing about the life of a neurodivergent creative in a neurotypical world. — https://bryandijkh.substack.com/

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