Lattice: Multivariate Data Visualization with R (Use R)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 268 pages
• Published by: Springer
• Edition: 1st Edition August 28, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0387759689
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0387759685
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 15.2 ounces

Product Description
R is rapidly growing in popularity as the environment of choice for data analysis and graphics both in academia and industry. Lattice brings the proven design of Trellis graphics (originally developed for S by William S. Cleveland and colleagues at Bell Labs) to R, considerably expanding its capabilities in the process. Lattice is a powerful and elegant high level data visualization system that is sufficient for most everyday graphics needs, yet flexible enough to be easily extended to handle demands of cutting edge research. Written by the author of the lattice system, this book describes it in considerable depth, beginning with the essentials and systematically delving into specific low levels details as necessary. No prior experience with lattice is required to read the book, although basic familiarity with R is assumed.

The book contains close to150 figures produced with lattice. Many of the examples emphasize principles of good graphical design; almost all use real data sets that are publicly available in various R packages. All code and figures in the book are also available online, along with supplementary material covering more advanced topics.

Reader Reviews
Deepayan Sarkar won a prize for programming Lattice. He deserves another for writing this book. The usual style of help files in R (including Lattice) is terse; this is a deliberate choice by the developers. Presumably, a lot of people like this terseness - but I am not one of them, and there are many others I know of who share my confusion at some of the help files. Now, there's a whole book on Lattice, and it's written in an accessible style that will let me use Lattice much more creatively and with many fewer errors. I think even experts on Lattice may find new things here; but for newcomers to Lattice, it's an indispensable guide.