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Liu Peng
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Peng Liu is an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Finance (Practice) at Singapore Management University and an adjunct researcher at the National University of Singapore. He holds a Ph.D. in statistics from the National University of Singapore and has ten years of working experience as a data scientist across the banking, technology, and hospitality industries.
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Understanding the grammar of graphics

The previous example contained the three essential layers that need to be specified when plotting a graph: data, aesthetics, and geometries. The primary purpose of each layer is listed as follows:

  • The data layer specifies the dataset to be plotted. This corresponds to the mtcars dataset we specified earlier.
  • The aesthetics layer specifies the scale-related items that map the variables to the visual properties of the plot. Examples include the variables to be shown for the x axis and y axis, the size and color, and other plot aesthetics. This corresponds to the cyl and mpg variables we specified earlier.
  • The geometry layer specifies the visual elements used for the data, such as presenting the data via points, lines, or other forms. The geom_point() command we set in the previous example tells the plot to be shown as a scatter plot.

Other layers, such as the theme layer, also help beautify the plot, which we will cover later...

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Peng Liu is an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Finance (Practice) at Singapore Management University and an adjunct researcher at the National University of Singapore. He holds a Ph.D. in statistics from the National University of Singapore and has ten years of working experience as a data scientist across the banking, technology, and hospitality industries.
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