R help - Nov 2009 - Ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis (Use R) (2009 Paperback)

Is this book worth its dollar? If so, why?, if not, why not?

Cheers.
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Depends on what you want. It's possible to find most of the
information contained in the book in other places (the ggplto2
website,?Hadley's dissertation, the ggplot2 mailing list archive).
Personally I really appreciate having all that information in one
place, and in an easy to read format. It's worth it for me.

-Ista

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 5:35 PM, DispersionMap <frenchcr at
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> Is this book worth its dollar? If so, why?, if not, why not?
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On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:35:45 -0800 (PST) DispersionMap 
<frenchcr at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Is this book worth its dollar? If so, why?, if not, why not?
Yes, it's an excellent book, IMHO. It teaches you both the 'how' and
the
'why' of ggplot2 in a nice, well-structured way, with lots of examples, 
and information on various details of ggplot2 that aren't really 
documented anywhere else. And it uses colours throughout.

Too bad it's not available in PDF form anymore, though.

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Karl Ove Hufthammer