Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism

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Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism (The R Series) by Sharon Machlis 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. 1 Get Started With R in a Few Easy Steps 2 See How Much You Can Do in a Few Lines of Code 3 Import Data into R 4 Basic Data Exploration 5 Beginning data visualization 6 Two or more data sets 7 Analyze data by groups 8 Graphing by Group 9 Write your own R functions 10 Maps in R 11 Putting it all Together: R on Election Day 12 Date calculations 13 Help! My data’s in the wrong format! 14 Integrate R With Your Storytelling Using R Markdown 15 Simple Web scraping 16 An R project from start to finish Appendix A Online: How do I Appendix B Online: Functions Appendix C Online: Packages