Cuffe, PaulPaulCuffe2019-07-012019-07-012019 IEEE2019-06-26IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication978-0-691-18161-50361-1434http://hdl.handle.net/10197/10832With “Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction”, Kieran Healy delivers a hands-on masterclass in building effective data graphics using the ggplot package for the R language. While the implied audience is researchers in the social sciences, there is a lot of practical wisdom here for anyone who works with numerical data. This book treats both the theoretical principles of effective data visualisation design (in the mode of Edward Tufte, Stephen Few, Alberto Cairo and others) as well as concrete guidance on how to integrate such wisdom into a slick data analysis workflow in the R ecosystem. This practitioner-oriented approach is a very welcome addition to the literature: by covering both the whys and hows of data visualisation, this single volume swiftly equips researchers to build compelling graphics from their numerical data.en© 2019 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.Data graphicsData visualisationVisual communicationGraphic designReview62331031110.1109/tpc.2019.29227872019-07-01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/