Base versus ggplot2

Yesterday, stats guru Jeff Leek confessed the ultimate unpopular opinion in data science: «I don’t use ggplot2 and I get nervous when other people do» (if you haven’t a clue what this is about, you may want to skip this post altogether). His confession met with ridicule, more riducule, and an occasional «oh my god I thought I was the only one!».

I sort of assumed everybody uses ggplot now. I was wrong: I like base for graphics, is that weird? * Buena referencia para graficas base! (si como yo, odian ggplot). * base graphics FTW re:slopegraph (it’s a royal pain to do this in ggplot). * I’m not a fan of ggplot. * Retro! * I kinda hate ggplot. * Vigorous group discussion on the merits of base plot vs #ggplot in #rstats.

For me, it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other: I’m planning to switch to Python.