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R for Data Science Cookbook (n)

By : Yu-Wei, Chiu (David Chiu)
Book Image

R for Data Science Cookbook (n)

By: Yu-Wei, Chiu (David Chiu)

Overview of this book

This cookbook offers a range of data analysis samples in simple and straightforward R code, providing step-by-step resources and time-saving methods to help you solve data problems efficiently. The first section deals with how to create R functions to avoid the unnecessary duplication of code. You will learn how to prepare, process, and perform sophisticated ETL for heterogeneous data sources with R packages. An example of data manipulation is provided, illustrating how to use the “dplyr” and “data.table” packages to efficiently process larger data structures. We also focus on “ggplot2” and show you how to create advanced figures for data exploration. In addition, you will learn how to build an interactive report using the “ggvis” package. Later chapters offer insight into time series analysis on financial data, while there is detailed information on the hot topic of machine learning, including data classification, regression, clustering, association rule mining, and dimension reduction. By the end of this book, you will understand how to resolve issues and will be able to comfortably offer solutions to problems encountered while performing data analysis.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
R for Data Science Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Applying the Gaussian model for generalized linear regression


A generalized linear model (GLM) is a generalization of linear regression, which can include a link function to make a linear prediction. As a default setting, the family object for glm is Gaussian, which makes glm perform exactly the same as lm. In this recipe, we first demonstrate how to fit the model to data using the glm function, and then show that glm with a Gaussian model performs exactly the same as lm.

Getting ready

You need to have completed the previous recipe by downloading the house rental data into a variable, house. Also, you need to fit the house rental data into a multiple regression model, fit.

How to do it…

Perform the following steps to fit the generalized linear regression model with the Gaussian model:

  1. Fit independent variables Sqft, Floor, TotalFloor, Bedroom, Living.Room, and Bathroom to glm:

    > glmfit <- glm(Price ~ Sqft + Floor + TotalFloor  + Bedroom + Living.Room + Bathroom, data=house, family=gaussian...