Scatterplots in ggplot2

You will learn the layered syntax of ggplot2 for scatterplots in this section. It also demonstrates how regression lines can be added (compared with the base-R syntax shown in the introductory video).

Customized scatter plots

# Basic scatter plot
ggplot(mtcars, aes(x=wt, y=mpg)) + 
  geom_point()+
  geom_smooth(method=lm, color="black")+
  labs(title="Miles per gallon \n according to the weight",
       x="Weight (lb/1000)", y = "Miles/(US) gallon")+
  theme_classic()  
# Change color/shape by groups
# Remove confidence bands
p <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(x=wt, y=mpg, color=cyl, shape=cyl)) + 
  geom_point()+
  geom_smooth(method=lm, se=FALSE, fullrange=TRUE)+
  labs(title="Miles per gallon \n according to the weight",
       x="Weight (lb/1000)", y = "Miles/(US) gallon")
p + theme_classic()

Change colors manually:

# Continuous colors
p + scale_color_brewer(palette="Paired") + theme_classic()
# Discrete colors
p + scale_color_brewer(palette="Dark2") + theme_minimal()
# Gradient colors
p + scale_color_brewer(palette="Accent") + theme_minimal()