Question

Can someone help code this into R studio format?

* Create a line plot for unemployment `rate` (y) by `date` (x).
* Add a filled rectangle to highlight the 1973 to 1975 recession.
* Add a filled rectangle to highlight the 1980 to 1983 recession.
* Add a filled rectangle to highlight the 2007 to 2010 recession.
* Add a filled rectangle to highlight the 2020 to 2021 recession.
* The rectangles should range from 0 to 15 in the y direction.
* Make sure your rectangles do not obscure any other information.
* Add an informative title and appropriate labels for both axes.
* You may optionally add a subtitle or caption for more clarity.
* Be sure to indicate somewhere what the rectangles represent!
* Also be sure to make clear that unemployment rate is a %.

Answer 1

To create a line plot for unemployment rate in RStudio with highlighted recession periods, you can use the 'ggplot2' library and the 'geom_line()' and 'geom_rect()' functions.

Step-by-step explanation:

To create a line plot for unemployment rate by date in RStudio, you can follow the steps below:

1. First, import the necessary libraries (e.g., ggplot2) and load your dataset.
2. Create the line plot by using the 'geom_line()' function, specifying 'rate' as the y-axis and 'date' as the x-axis.
3. To add the recession rectangles, use the 'geom_rect()' function, specifying the start and end dates for each recession and setting the y-axis range from 0 to 15.
4. Label the axes and add a title to the graph using the 'labs()' function.
5. Finally, display the graph using the 'plot' command.

Here's an example code snippet:

library(ggplot2)
dataset <- read.csv('your_dataset.csv')

g <- ggplot(dataset, aes(x = date, y = rate)) + geom_line()

g + geom_rect(aes(xmin = as.Date('1973-01-01'), xmax = as.Date('1975-12-31'), ymin = 0, ymax = 15), fill = 'red', alpha = 0.2) +
geom_rect(aes(xmin = as.Date('1980-01-01'), xmax = as.Date('1983-12-31'), ymin = 0, ymax = 15), fill = 'blue', alpha = 0.2) +
geom_rect(aes(xmin = as.Date('2007-01-01'), xmax = as.Date('2010-12-31'), ymin = 0, ymax = 15), fill = 'green', alpha = 0.2) +
geom_rect(aes(xmin = as.Date('2020-01-01'), xmax = as.Date('2021-12-31'), ymin = 0, ymax = 15), fill = 'orange', alpha = 0.2) +
labs(title = 'Unemployment Rate Over Time', x = 'Date', y = 'Unemployment Rate (%)')