Module # 11 E R. Tufte Work

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For this assignment, I decided to visualize the Dot-dash plot in ggplot2 example because I have a preference for scatter plots and enjoy learning about more ways to utilize ggplot2.

Code: 
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg)) + geom_point() + geom_rug() + 
  theme_tufte(ticks=F) + xlab("Car weight (lb/1000)") + ylab("Miles per gallon of fuel") + 
  theme(axis.title.x = element_text(vjust=-0.5), axis.title.y = element_text(vjust=1)) + ggtitle("wt vs mpg")

The code provided in the instructions outputs the following visual. 

Source: http://motioninsocial.com/tufte/#introduction

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