R Govys August: The blsplotGG package

Our speaker converted many useful seasonal adjustment plots that used the base R package to utilize the ggplot2 data visualization package developed by Hadley Wickham and used the capabilities of ggplot2 to develop new data visualizations. In this presentation, I’ll show examples of line and facet plots and show how to generate classic plots useful for seasonal adjustment analysts, such as spectral plots, year-over-year plots, and seasonal factor plots using ggplot2. I’ll also show a function that generates alt text for ggplot2 objects that uses the Braille package.

Bio: Brian Monsell was the primary architect and programmer for X-12-ARIMA and X-13ARIMA-SEATS until his retirement in January of 2019. He is currently a consultant working with time series analysts of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, advising on matters related to seasonal adjustment, seasonal diagnostics and visualizations, and seasonal adjustment training. He was an organizer of the 2024 Seasonal Adjustment Practitioners’ Workshop.
Register: https://amstat.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wMRbSkRgS36-zsqv0h38YA