The Statistical Society is pleased to offer the following ANZSC2020 pre-conference workshop:

Visualisation for Data Science, 5 July 2020, Gold Coast

This workshop will help participants to understand the principles of data visualisation and how to implement those principles using the package ggplot in R.

About the presenters:

Ian Westbrooke is Principal Science Advisor – Statistics at the Department of Conservation, where he has worked since 2000. Prior to that, he worked in health and at Stats NZ. He has a strong interest in data visualisation and graphing and has presented workshops on data visualisation, statistical modelling and design of monitoring systems throughout NZ and in Australia and Fiji. He has published extensively including on designing science graphs: His most cited paper is "Are Maori under-served for cardiac interventions?" N Z Med J. 2001 Nov 9;114(1143):484-7.

Jennifer Brown is Professor of Statistics and Head of Department at the University of Canterbury. She is an applied statistician with expertise in survey design, environmental monitoring, and analysis and detection of changes in populations over time.  Her interest lies in using statistics to help address the environmental question, and using effective visualisation as a key part of this.

About this workshop

Part one covers the proven principles of data visualisation. In part two participants work on applying these principles.

Topics covered include

• Why good graphs are important
• Visual perception and accuracy
• • Cleveland’s perception hierarchy
• Types of graphs
• • Why you can (almost) always do better than a pie chart
• Visualising multidimensional data
• Graphical elements and scales

• An outline of the grammar of graphics and of options for graphing in statistical package

• Key elements of the grammar and implementing them using the R package ggplot

• • Aesthetics
  • Geometry
  • Facets
  • Applications to real data
  • • Participants will have the opportunity to produce simple and more complex graphs with real datasets.
    • Datasets and some example code will be provided, suitable for those just starting out with ggplot, but also providing challenges for those with  more experience.
      
      

Target Audience

Data analysts and applied statisticians interested in understanding the proven principles of visualisation and applying them to real data using R.

Prerequisites

Strongly recommended: a basic knowledge of R is recommended. Essential is an interest in creating visualisations and graphs that allow discovery and communication of the stories data can tell.

Workshop Venue

This workshop will be held at the Mantra Legends Hotel in Surfers Paradise.

For more information and to register, please click here.

This is one of four pre-conference workshops held in conjunction with ANZSC2020. 

Kind regards

Marie-Louise Rankin
Executive Officer
Statistical Society of Australia