R Packages
Data visualisation
ggalttext
ggalttext is an R package which generates alt text for plots created in ggplot2.
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/ggalttext
Source: github.com/nrennie/ggalttext
ggauto
ggauto is an opinionated ggplot2 extension package to automatically choose the best chart type and styling, based on the types and values in the data. The default styling is chosen to be more accessible and more readable than the default ggplot2 options.
doi: doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.ggauto
CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ggauto/index.html
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/ggauto
Source: github.com/nrennie/ggauto
ggchord2
ggchord2 is a ggplot2 extension that provides functions for drawing chord diagrams for visualising flows between categories. The package extends ggplot2 by adding geoms and stats for drawing chord sectors, arcs, and labels.
doi: doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.ggchord2
CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ggchord2/index.html
Documentation: nrennie.gitlab.io/ggchord2
Source: gitlab.com/nrennie/ggchord2
ggflowchart
ggflowchart is an R package for creating flowchart diagrams using ggplot2.
doi: doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.ggflowchart
CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ggflowchart/index.html
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/ggflowchart
Source: github.com/nrennie/ggflowchart
ggtextcircle
ggtextcircle is a ggplot2 extension R package which contains geom and stat functions for plotting angled text in a (partial) circle.
Source: github.com/nrennie/ggtextcircle
Colours and themes
PrettyCols
PrettyCols is an R package containing aesthetically pleasing colour palettes. The structure of the package is based on code from the PNWColors, wesanderson, and MetBrewer packages.
doi: doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.PrettyCols
CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages/PrettyCols/index.html
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/PrettyCols
Source: github.com/nrennie/PrettyCols
RSSthemes
RSSthemes is an R package for styling graphics for RSS publications. This package accompanies the Best Practices for Data Visualisation guidance, published by the Royal Statistical Society, which can be found at rss.org.uk/datavisguide.
doi: doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.RSSthemes
CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RSSthemes/index.html
Documentation: royal-statistical-society.github.io/datavisguide/docs/tools.html#r
Source: github.com/nrennie/RSSthemes
colorTools
colorTools is an R package containing helper functions for working with colours in R, including contrast checking and colour blending.
Source: gitlab.com/nrennie/colorTools
Data and APIs
LondonMarathon
LondonMarathon is an R package containing two data sets about London Marathon scraped from Wikipedia.
national.highways
national.highways is an R package to access the National Highways API from R.
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/national-highways
Statistical methods
funcnetout
funcnetout is an R package for detecting functional outliers in a network setting, with options for online or offline detection.
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/funcnetout
Source: github.com/nrennie/funcnetout
messy
For the purposes of teaching, it is often desirable to show examples of working with messy data and how to clean it. The messy R package creates messy data from clean, tidy data frames so that students have a clean example to work towards.
doi: doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.messy
CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages/messy/index.html
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/messy
Source: github.com/nrennie/messy
simnetdemand
simnetdemand is an R package used to simulate demand patterns for different types of transport network.
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/simnetdemand
Source: github.com/nrennie/simnetdemand
Miscellaneous
WBLifeExpectancy
WBLifeExpectancy is an R package for analysing and visualising World Bank life expectancy data. It was created and used for the analysis in the Significance article We’re not getting any younger! Or should that be “older”?
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/WBLifeExpectancy
aRt
aRt is an R package to create generative art, using ggplot2 graphics.
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/aRt
Source: github.com/nrennie/aRt
aRtData
aRtData is an R package containing data used in the aRt package. Data generating functions are available, and the data included in the package use the default values from the functions in aRt.
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/aRtData
Source: github.com/nrennie/aRtData
usefunc
usefunc is an R package containing some additional useful functions.
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/usefunc
Source: github.com/nrennie/usefunc