Birds of a Femur: Redux
This is a second exploratory analysis of the dataset of bird bones I investigated here. This time, I decided to ask—and answer—a different research question using the same material. Instead of comparing limb lengths across bird groups, I compared limb “robusticity,” a measure of relative thickness. The interest lies in assessing how different morphologies and body plans are adaptive for different birds. This project was entirely undertaken in R, where I completed the analysis, generated the charts using ggplot2, and even formatted the slides using R Markdown. You can view the slides, outputted as an html file, using the link below.
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Zachary Bivins is a data analyst and visualization specialist, with a Master’s in analytics from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He has experience in crafting dashboards, conducting exploratory analyses, and designing custom infographics using tools such as Tableau, R, and Illustrator. He believes data can be made both meaningful and beautiful.