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Hands-On Exploratory Data Analysis with R

By : Radhika Datar, Harish Garg
Book Image

Hands-On Exploratory Data Analysis with R

By: Radhika Datar, Harish Garg

Overview of this book

Hands-On Exploratory Data Analysis with R will help you build a strong foundation in data analysis and get well-versed with elementary ways to analyze data. You will learn how to understand your data and summarize its characteristics. You'll also study the structure of your data, and you'll explore graphical and numerical techniques using the R language. This book covers the entire exploratory data analysis (EDA) process—data collection, generating statistics, distribution, and invalidating the hypothesis. As you progress through the book, you will set up a data analysis environment with tools such as ggplot2, knitr, and R Markdown, using DOE Scatter Plot and SML2010 for multifactor, optimization, and regression data problems. By the end of this book, you will be able to successfully carry out a preliminary investigation on any dataset, uncover hidden insights, and present your results in a business context.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Setting Up Data Analysis Environment
7
Section 2: Univariate, Time Series, and Multivariate Data
11
Section 3: Multifactor, Optimization, and Regression Data Problems
14
Section 4: Conclusions

Datasets in R

It is mandatory to have knowledge about freely-available datasets in R, which are built in and can be used as and when needed.

To have a look at the built-in datasets, all you need to do is execute the following command and call the required dataset:

> library(datasets)

You can call the required dataset and have a look at its description. Rstudio is considered to have the best feature for showing descriptions of datasets, as follows:

The popular datasets that are available in R are mentioned as follows, with descriptions and dimensions:

Dataset

Description

Rows

Columns

airquality

This includes New York air quality measurements.

153

6

anscombe

This consists of Anscombe's quartet of identical simple linear regressions.

11

8

attenu

This dataset is all about the Joyner-Boore attenuation data.

182

5

attitude

This...