#Using the autos database:
theUrl <- ("https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/autos/imports-85.data")
# including na.string = "?" argumen to prevent the values from being factorized.

cars <- read.table(theUrl, header = FALSE, sep = ",", na.strings = "?")
#Review sample top rows.

head(cars)
##   V1  V2          V3  V4  V5   V6          V7  V8    V9  V10   V11  V12
## 1  3  NA alfa-romero gas std  two convertible rwd front 88.6 168.8 64.1
## 2  3  NA alfa-romero gas std  two convertible rwd front 88.6 168.8 64.1
## 3  1  NA alfa-romero gas std  two   hatchback rwd front 94.5 171.2 65.5
## 4  2 164        audi gas std four       sedan fwd front 99.8 176.6 66.2
## 5  2 164        audi gas std four       sedan 4wd front 99.4 176.6 66.4
## 6  2  NA        audi gas std  two       sedan fwd front 99.8 177.3 66.3
##    V13  V14  V15  V16 V17  V18  V19  V20  V21 V22  V23 V24 V25   V26
## 1 48.8 2548 dohc four 130 mpfi 3.47 2.68  9.0 111 5000  21  27 13495
## 2 48.8 2548 dohc four 130 mpfi 3.47 2.68  9.0 111 5000  21  27 16500
## 3 52.4 2823 ohcv  six 152 mpfi 2.68 3.47  9.0 154 5000  19  26 16500
## 4 54.3 2337  ohc four 109 mpfi 3.19 3.40 10.0 102 5500  24  30 13950
## 5 54.3 2824  ohc five 136 mpfi 3.19 3.40  8.0 115 5500  18  22 17450
## 6 53.1 2507  ohc five 136 mpfi 3.19 3.40  8.5 110 5500  19  25 15250
#Summary stats.
summary(cars)
##        V1                V2               V3           V4          V5     
##  Min.   :-2.0000   Min.   : 65   toyota    : 32   diesel: 20   std  :168  
##  1st Qu.: 0.0000   1st Qu.: 94   nissan    : 18   gas   :185   turbo: 37  
##  Median : 1.0000   Median :115   mazda     : 17                           
##  Mean   : 0.8341   Mean   :122   honda     : 13                           
##  3rd Qu.: 2.0000   3rd Qu.:150   mitsubishi: 13                           
##  Max.   : 3.0000   Max.   :256   subaru    : 12                           
##                    NA's   :41    (Other)   :100                           
##     V6                V7       V8          V9           V10        
##  four:114   convertible: 6   4wd:  9   front:202   Min.   : 86.60  
##  two : 89   hardtop    : 8   fwd:120   rear :  3   1st Qu.: 94.50  
##  NA's:  2   hatchback  :70   rwd: 76               Median : 97.00  
##             sedan      :96                         Mean   : 98.76  
##             wagon      :25                         3rd Qu.:102.40  
##                                                    Max.   :120.90  
##                                                                    
##       V11             V12             V13             V14      
##  Min.   :141.1   Min.   :60.30   Min.   :47.80   Min.   :1488  
##  1st Qu.:166.3   1st Qu.:64.10   1st Qu.:52.00   1st Qu.:2145  
##  Median :173.2   Median :65.50   Median :54.10   Median :2414  
##  Mean   :174.0   Mean   :65.91   Mean   :53.72   Mean   :2556  
##  3rd Qu.:183.1   3rd Qu.:66.90   3rd Qu.:55.50   3rd Qu.:2935  
##  Max.   :208.1   Max.   :72.30   Max.   :59.80   Max.   :4066  
##                                                                
##     V15          V16           V17             V18          V19      
##  dohc : 12   eight :  5   Min.   : 61.0   mpfi   :94   Min.   :2.54  
##  dohcv:  1   five  : 11   1st Qu.: 97.0   2bbl   :66   1st Qu.:3.15  
##  l    : 12   four  :159   Median :120.0   idi    :20   Median :3.31  
##  ohc  :148   six   : 24   Mean   :126.9   1bbl   :11   Mean   :3.33  
##  ohcf : 15   three :  1   3rd Qu.:141.0   spdi   : 9   3rd Qu.:3.59  
##  ohcv : 13   twelve:  1   Max.   :326.0   4bbl   : 3   Max.   :3.94  
##  rotor:  4   two   :  4                   (Other): 2   NA's   :4     
##       V20             V21             V22             V23      
##  Min.   :2.070   Min.   : 7.00   Min.   : 48.0   Min.   :4150  
##  1st Qu.:3.110   1st Qu.: 8.60   1st Qu.: 70.0   1st Qu.:4800  
##  Median :3.290   Median : 9.00   Median : 95.0   Median :5200  
##  Mean   :3.255   Mean   :10.14   Mean   :104.3   Mean   :5125  
##  3rd Qu.:3.410   3rd Qu.: 9.40   3rd Qu.:116.0   3rd Qu.:5500  
##  Max.   :4.170   Max.   :23.00   Max.   :288.0   Max.   :6600  
##  NA's   :4                       NA's   :2       NA's   :2     
##       V24             V25             V26       
##  Min.   :13.00   Min.   :16.00   Min.   : 5118  
##  1st Qu.:19.00   1st Qu.:25.00   1st Qu.: 7775  
##  Median :24.00   Median :30.00   Median :10295  
##  Mean   :25.22   Mean   :30.75   Mean   :13207  
##  3rd Qu.:30.00   3rd Qu.:34.00   3rd Qu.:16500  
##  Max.   :49.00   Max.   :54.00   Max.   :45400  
##                                  NA's   :4
#Subsetting columns as per assignment. 
cars_new <- cars[, 1:5]
#Review sample top rows from subsetted data.
head(cars_new)
##   V1  V2          V3  V4  V5
## 1  3  NA alfa-romero gas std
## 2  3  NA alfa-romero gas std
## 3  1  NA alfa-romero gas std
## 4  2 164        audi gas std
## 5  2 164        audi gas std
## 6  2  NA        audi gas std
#Converting data to a data.frame structure. 
dfcars <- data.frame(cars_new)
#Adding the column names. 
colnames(dfcars) <- c("symboling", "normalized_losses", "Make", "Fuel_Type", "Aspiration")
#Review sample top rows from data.frame. 
head(dfcars)
##   symboling normalized_losses        Make Fuel_Type Aspiration
## 1         3                NA alfa-romero       gas        std
## 2         3                NA alfa-romero       gas        std
## 3         1                NA alfa-romero       gas        std
## 4         2               164        audi       gas        std
## 5         2               164        audi       gas        std
## 6         2                NA        audi       gas        std
#Summary stats. 
summary(dfcars)
##    symboling       normalized_losses         Make      Fuel_Type  
##  Min.   :-2.0000   Min.   : 65       toyota    : 32   diesel: 20  
##  1st Qu.: 0.0000   1st Qu.: 94       nissan    : 18   gas   :185  
##  Median : 1.0000   Median :115       mazda     : 17               
##  Mean   : 0.8341   Mean   :122       honda     : 13               
##  3rd Qu.: 2.0000   3rd Qu.:150       mitsubishi: 13               
##  Max.   : 3.0000   Max.   :256       subaru    : 12               
##                    NA's   :41        (Other)   :100               
##  Aspiration 
##  std  :168  
##  turbo: 37  
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Note that the echo = FALSE parameter was added to the code chunk to prevent printing of the R code that generated the plot.