1-got_nyt_final.Rmd

---
title: "Game of Thromes Character Ratings"
author: "Angela Zoss"
date: "8/14/2019"
output: html_document
---

## Setup your environment

```{r}

# Load required libraries

library(tidyverse)

```

## Load your data

```{r}

# data comes from https://int.nyt.com/newsgraphics/2017/2017-07-17-got-matrix/mean.json
# data based on ratings using tool at https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/09/upshot/game-of-thrones-chart.html

got <- read_csv("data/got_ratings.csv")

```

## Create a basic plot

```{r}

# Remember the basic steps:
# - set the data (main function)
# - map variables to aesthetics using aes() -> start with x and y in main function
# - choose a shape layer

ggplot(got, aes(x=moral,y=physical)) + 
  geom_point()

```


## Set the alpha (transparency) of all points to .75

```{r}

ggplot(got, aes(x=moral,y=physical)) + 
  geom_point(alpha=.75)

```

## Add labels

```{r}

# hint: check https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/#section-layer-geoms for all geom options

# wrong way: aes() in geom_point does not carry down; has to be in ggplot()

#ggplot(got) +
#  geom_point(aes(x=moral,y=physical)) + 
#  geom_text(aes(label=label))

ggplot(got, aes(x=moral,y=physical)) + 
  geom_point(alpha=.75) + 
  geom_text(aes(label=label))

```

## Fix label overlap

```{r}

# hint: look at ?geom_text for an option that might change the position slightly
# where should the new option go? what layer? inside or outside of aesthetics?

ggplot(got, aes(x=moral,y=physical)) + 
  geom_point(alpha=.75) + 
  geom_text(aes(label=label), nudge_y = -.015)

```

## Add colors

```{r}

# add gender as a color three different ways:
# - points only
# - labels only
# - both

ggplot(got, aes(x=moral,y=physical)) + 
  geom_point(aes(color=gender), alpha=.75) + 
  geom_text(aes(label=label), nudge_y = -.015)

ggplot(got, aes(x=moral,y=physical)) + 
  geom_point(alpha=.75) + 
  geom_text(aes(label=label, color=gender), nudge_y = -.015)

ggplot(got, aes(x=moral,y=physical, color=gender)) + 
  geom_point(alpha=.75) + 
  geom_text(aes(label=label), nudge_y = -.015)

```

## Turn off legend for text layer

```{r}

# hint: there is another property for the geom_text layer that might help

ggplot(got, aes(x=moral,y=physical, color=gender)) + 
  geom_point(alpha=.75) + 
  geom_text(aes(label=label), nudge_y = -.015, show.legend = FALSE)

```