How to learn R.
Step 1: Replicate a masterful graph.
Source: http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00014g
Data from: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/climate/monthdisp.php?stn=KLAX&p=temperature&mon=1&wfo=lox&year=2011
Step 2: Find faults, keep improving.
- Precipitation y-axis: unit inches, align top with tick label.
- Precipitation normal line.
- Precipitation y = 4 line missing.
- Precipitation notations.
- Halve margin between top and bottom graphs.
- Margins. Line Spacing. Spacing.
- Legend.
- Temperature & Precipitation comments.
- Code is a mess and not generalized. <-- Must fix.
- Add comments.