Presentation of statistical concepts with dynamic graphics and simulations in R

Abstract

Understanding statistical concepts is important for proper use of statistics. The idea of using simulations and dynamic graphics to foster understanding of statistical concepts is not new. In recent years, R became the lingua franca for statistical data analysis. While R graphical devices are not meant for display of animated graphics, my aim is to use base R graphics for display of animated graphical sequences. To enable dynamic graphics in R, I developed a package animatoR, which supports smooth transitions of graphical elements and simplifies preparation of animated displays. I will show some animations that can be useful for statistics teaching and present basic features of the animatoR package. The animatoR package is freely available at https://github.com/ablejec/animatoR.