data visualisation

depictr: One visual language from first look to final figure

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Figures often change their visual language as an analysis moves from exploration to reporting. This post uses depictr to examine a simulated lexical-decision experiment, plot its mixed-model estimates, audit a figure and correct the accessibility problems that the audit finds.

Plotting two-way interactions from mixed-effects models using alias variables

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Custom function extending sjPlot that plots interactions between continuous and categorical variables while replacing categorical variables with alias variables to facilitate back-transformation of sum-coded predictors for clearer result communication.

Plotting two-way interactions from mixed-effects models using ten or six bins

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Custom functions extending sjPlot for plotting interactions between two continuous variables by dividing one into ten bins (deciles) or six bins (sextiles), with optional sample size display in legend for individual differences research.

Data dashboard: Butterfly species richness in Los Angeles

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Dashboard presenting open data from Prudic et al. (2018), who compared three ways of recording butterfly species richness in Los Angeles: Pollard walks by trained volunteers, Malaise traps with expert identification and crowd-sourced iNaturalist …