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Practical R for mass communication and journalism, Sharon Machlis

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Do you want to use R to tell stories? This book was written for you--whether you already know some R or have never coded before. Most R texts focus only on programming or statistical theory. Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism gives you ideas, tools, and techniques for incorporating data and visualizations into your narratives. You'll see step by step how to: Analyze airport flight delays, restaurant inspections, and election results Map bank locations, median incomes, and new voting districts Compare campaign contributions to final election results Extract data from PDFs Whip messy data into shape for analysis Scrape data from a website Create graphics ranging from simple, static charts to interactive visualizations for the Web If you work or plan to work in a newsroom, government office, non-profit policy organization, or PR office, Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism will help you use R in your world. This book has a companion website with code, links to additional resources, and searchable tables by function and task. Sharon Machlis is the author of Computerworld's Beginner's Guide to R, host of InfoWorld's Do More With R video screencast series, admin for the R for Journalists Google Group, and is well known among Twitter users who follow the #rstats hashtag. She is Director of Editorial Data and Analytics at IDG Communications (parent company of Computerworld, InfoWorld, PC World and Macworld, among others) and a frequent speaker at data journalism and R conferences
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages)
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Get started with R in a few easy steps
  • See how much you can do in a few lines of code
  • Import data into R
  • Basic data exploration
  • Beginning data visualization
  • Two or more data sets
  • Analyze data by groups
  • Graphing by group
  • Write your own R functions
  • Maps in R
  • Putting it all together: R on election day
  • Date calculations
  • Help! My data's in the wrong format!
  • Integrate R with your storytelling using R markdown
  • Simple web scraping
  • An R project from start to finish
  • Additional resources
  • Appendix A online: How do I ...
  • Appendix B online: Functions
  • Appendix C online: Packages
  • Index
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9781351751131
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Practical R for mass communication and journalism
Title
Practical R for mass communication and journalism
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Sharon Machlis
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Language
eng
Summary
Do you want to use R to tell stories? This book was written for you--whether you already know some R or have never coded before. Most R texts focus only on programming or statistical theory. Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism gives you ideas, tools, and techniques for incorporating data and visualizations into your narratives. You'll see step by step how to: Analyze airport flight delays, restaurant inspections, and election results Map bank locations, median incomes, and new voting districts Compare campaign contributions to final election results Extract data from PDFs Whip messy data into shape for analysis Scrape data from a website Create graphics ranging from simple, static charts to interactive visualizations for the Web If you work or plan to work in a newsroom, government office, non-profit policy organization, or PR office, Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism will help you use R in your world. This book has a companion website with code, links to additional resources, and searchable tables by function and task. Sharon Machlis is the author of Computerworld's Beginner's Guide to R, host of InfoWorld's Do More With R video screencast series, admin for the R for Journalists Google Group, and is well known among Twitter users who follow the #rstats hashtag. She is Director of Editorial Data and Analytics at IDG Communications (parent company of Computerworld, InfoWorld, PC World and Macworld, among others) and a frequent speaker at data journalism and R conferences
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Machlis, Sharon
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302.23102855133
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
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TK5105.8883
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non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Digital media
  • Journalism
  • R (Computer program language)
  • PSYCHOLOGY
  • MATHEMATICS
  • Digital media
  • Journalism
  • R (Computer program language)
  • Media Studies
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Practical R for mass communication and journalism, Sharon Machlis
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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Contents
Introduction -- Get started with R in a few easy steps -- See how much you can do in a few lines of code -- Import data into R -- Basic data exploration -- Beginning data visualization -- Two or more data sets -- Analyze data by groups -- Graphing by group -- Write your own R functions -- Maps in R -- Putting it all together: R on election day -- Date calculations -- Help! My data's in the wrong format! -- Integrate R with your storytelling using R markdown -- Simple web scraping -- An R project from start to finish -- Additional resources -- Appendix A online: How do I ... -- Appendix B online: Functions -- Appendix C online: Packages -- Index
Control code
1080200934
Extent
1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781351751131
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
10.1201/9781315191119
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illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) .
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9780429681752
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remote
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(OCoLC)1080200934
Label
Practical R for mass communication and journalism, Sharon Machlis
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- Get started with R in a few easy steps -- See how much you can do in a few lines of code -- Import data into R -- Basic data exploration -- Beginning data visualization -- Two or more data sets -- Analyze data by groups -- Graphing by group -- Write your own R functions -- Maps in R -- Putting it all together: R on election day -- Date calculations -- Help! My data's in the wrong format! -- Integrate R with your storytelling using R markdown -- Simple web scraping -- An R project from start to finish -- Additional resources -- Appendix A online: How do I ... -- Appendix B online: Functions -- Appendix C online: Packages -- Index
Control code
1080200934
Extent
1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781351751131
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
10.1201/9781315191119
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) .
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
9780429681752
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1080200934

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