Comparison of Beginning R Students’ Perceptions of Peer-Made Plots Created in Two Plotting Systems: A Randomized Experiment

We performed an empirical study of the perceived quality of scientific graphics produced by beginning R users in two plotting systems: the base graphics package (“base R”) and the ggplot2 add-on package. In our experiment, students taking a data science course on the Coursera platform were randomize...

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Main Authors: Leslie Myint, Aboozar Hadavand, Leah Jager, Jeffrey Leek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Statistics Education
Subjects:
r
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10691898.2019.1695554