The Resource Practical R for mass communication and journalism, Sharon Machlis
Practical R for mass communication and journalism, Sharon Machlis
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781351751131
- Label
- Practical R for mass communication and journalism
- Title
- Practical R for mass communication and journalism
- Statement of responsibility
- Sharon Machlis
- 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
- Dewey number
- 302.23102855133
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TK5105.8883
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- R series
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- Digital media
- Journalism
- R (Computer program language)
- PSYCHOLOGY
- MATHEMATICS
- Digital media
- Journalism
- R (Computer program language)
- Media Studies
- Label
- Practical R for mass communication and journalism, Sharon Machlis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- 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
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- 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
- Label
- Practical R for mass communication and journalism, Sharon Machlis
- 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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