R Tutorial: Correlation

Fisher’s iris dataset is the basis for this extended example in the calculation and visualization of correlations.  The ggpairs() function gives an impressive coded scatterplot matrix.  And an old friend makes a last-minute cameo appearance.

Update:  Dirk Eddelbuettel just released tint 0.0.3 (tint is not Tufte) with some nifty examples.  I wanted to try it out, so I’ve updated the example using tint and added two margin plots to illustrate the Simpson’s Paradox  situation.  Tip from R Bloggers.