Chapter 15

General Social Survey

gss_cat
## # A tibble: 21,483 × 9
##     year marital         age race  rincome        partyid    relig denom tvhours
##    <int> <fct>         <int> <fct> <fct>          <fct>      <fct> <fct>   <int>
##  1  2000 Never married    26 White $8000 to 9999  Ind,near … Prot… Sout…      12
##  2  2000 Divorced         48 White $8000 to 9999  Not str r… Prot… Bapt…      NA
##  3  2000 Widowed          67 White Not applicable Independe… Prot… No d…       2
##  4  2000 Never married    39 White Not applicable Ind,near … Orth… Not …       4
##  5  2000 Divorced         25 White Not applicable Not str d… None  Not …       1
##  6  2000 Married          25 White $20000 - 24999 Strong de… Prot… Sout…      NA
##  7  2000 Never married    36 White $25000 or more Not str r… Chri… Not …       3
##  8  2000 Divorced         44 White $7000 to 7999  Ind,near … Prot… Luth…      NA
##  9  2000 Married          44 White $25000 or more Not str d… Prot… Other       0
## 10  2000 Married          47 White $25000 or more Strong re… Prot… Sout…       3
## # ℹ 21,473 more rows

Modifying factor order

Unordered factor levels

tvhours_by_relig <- gss_cat %>% 
    
    group_by(relig) %>%
    summarise(
        avg_tvhours = mean(tvhours, na.rm = TRUE)
    )
tvhours_by_relig
## # A tibble: 15 × 2
##    relig                   avg_tvhours
##    <fct>                         <dbl>
##  1 No answer                      2.72
##  2 Don't know                     4.62
##  3 Inter-nondenominational        2.87
##  4 Native american                3.46
##  5 Christian                      2.79
##  6 Orthodox-christian             2.42
##  7 Moslem/islam                   2.44
##  8 Other eastern                  1.67
##  9 Hinduism                       1.89
## 10 Buddhism                       2.38
## 11 Other                          2.73
## 12 None                           2.71
## 13 Jewish                         2.52
## 14 Catholic                       2.96
## 15 Protestant                     3.15
tvhours_by_relig %>%
    
    ggplot(aes(x = avg_tvhours, y = relig)) +
    geom_point()

Ordered factor levels

tvhours_by_relig %>%
    
    ggplot(aes(x = avg_tvhours, y = fct_reorder(.f = relig, .x = avg_tvhours))) +
    geom_point() +
    labs(y = NULL, x = "Mean Daily Hours Watching TV")

Moving a single level to the front

tvhours_by_relig %>%
    
    ggplot(aes(x = avg_tvhours, 
               y = fct_reorder(.f = relig, .x = avg_tvhours) %>%
                   fct_relevel("Don't know"))) +
    geom_point() +
    labs(y = NULL, x = "Mean Daily Hours Watching TV")

Modifying factor levels

gss_cat %>% distinct(race)
## # A tibble: 3 × 1
##   race 
##   <fct>
## 1 White
## 2 Black
## 3 Other
gss_cat %>% 
    
    mutate(race_rev = fct_recode(race, "African American" = "Black")) %>%
    select(race, race_rev) %>%
    filter(race == "Black")
## # A tibble: 3,129 × 2
##    race  race_rev        
##    <fct> <fct>           
##  1 Black African American
##  2 Black African American
##  3 Black African American
##  4 Black African American
##  5 Black African American
##  6 Black African American
##  7 Black African American
##  8 Black African American
##  9 Black African American
## 10 Black African American
## # ℹ 3,119 more rows
gss_cat %>%
    
    mutate(race_col = fct_collapse(race, "Minority" = c("Black", "Other"))) %>%
    select(race, race_col) %>%
    filter(race != "White")
## # A tibble: 5,088 × 2
##    race  race_col
##    <fct> <fct>   
##  1 Black Minority
##  2 Black Minority
##  3 Black Minority
##  4 Other Minority
##  5 Black Minority
##  6 Other Minority
##  7 Black Minority
##  8 Other Minority
##  9 Black Minority
## 10 Black Minority
## # ℹ 5,078 more rows
gss_cat %>% count(race)
## # A tibble: 3 × 2
##   race      n
##   <fct> <int>
## 1 Other  1959
## 2 Black  3129
## 3 White 16395
gss_cat %>% mutate(race_lump = fct_lump(race)) %>% distinct(race_lump)
## # A tibble: 2 × 1
##   race_lump
##   <fct>    
## 1 White    
## 2 Other

Chatper 16

Creating date/times

From strings

"2024-6-19" %>% ymd()
## [1] "2024-06-19"
2024619 %>% ymd()
## Warning: All formats failed to parse. No formats found.
## [1] NA
"2024-6-19 4-41-30" %>% ymd_hms()
## [1] "2024-06-19 04:41:30 UTC"

Individual Components

flights %>%
    select(year:day, hour, minute) %>%
    mutate(departure = make_datetime(year = year, month = month, 
                                     day = day, hour = hour, min = minute))
## # A tibble: 336,776 × 6
##     year month   day  hour minute departure          
##    <int> <int> <int> <dbl>  <dbl> <dttm>             
##  1  2013     1     1     5     15 2013-01-01 05:15:00
##  2  2013     1     1     5     29 2013-01-01 05:29:00
##  3  2013     1     1     5     40 2013-01-01 05:40:00
##  4  2013     1     1     5     45 2013-01-01 05:45:00
##  5  2013     1     1     6      0 2013-01-01 06:00:00
##  6  2013     1     1     5     58 2013-01-01 05:58:00
##  7  2013     1     1     6      0 2013-01-01 06:00:00
##  8  2013     1     1     6      0 2013-01-01 06:00:00
##  9  2013     1     1     6      0 2013-01-01 06:00:00
## 10  2013     1     1     6      0 2013-01-01 06:00:00
## # ℹ 336,766 more rows

From individual components

flights %>%
    select(year:day, hour, minute) %>%
    mutate(departure = make_datetime(year = year, month = month, 
                                     day = day, hour = hour, min = minute))
## # A tibble: 336,776 × 6
##     year month   day  hour minute departure          
##    <int> <int> <int> <dbl>  <dbl> <dttm>             
##  1  2013     1     1     5     15 2013-01-01 05:15:00
##  2  2013     1     1     5     29 2013-01-01 05:29:00
##  3  2013     1     1     5     40 2013-01-01 05:40:00
##  4  2013     1     1     5     45 2013-01-01 05:45:00
##  5  2013     1     1     6      0 2013-01-01 06:00:00
##  6  2013     1     1     5     58 2013-01-01 05:58:00
##  7  2013     1     1     6      0 2013-01-01 06:00:00
##  8  2013     1     1     6      0 2013-01-01 06:00:00
##  9  2013     1     1     6      0 2013-01-01 06:00:00
## 10  2013     1     1     6      0 2013-01-01 06:00:00
## # ℹ 336,766 more rows

From other types

today() %>% as_datetime()
## [1] "2024-06-19 UTC"
now() %>% as_date()
## [1] "2024-06-19"

Date-time components

Getting components

date_time <- ymd_hms("2024-6-19 18-18-18")
date_time
## [1] "2024-06-19 18:18:18 UTC"
year(date_time)
## [1] 2024
month(date_time, label = TRUE, abbr = FALSE)
## [1] June
## 12 Levels: January < February < March < April < May < June < ... < December
yday(date_time)
## [1] 171
mday(date_time)
## [1] 19
wday(date_time, label = TRUE, abbr = FALSE)
## [1] Wednesday
## 7 Levels: Sunday < Monday < Tuesday < Wednesday < Thursday < ... < Saturday
make_datetime_100 <- function(year, month, day, time) {
  make_datetime(year, month, day, time %/% 100, time %% 100)
}

flights_dt <- flights %>%
  filter(!is.na(dep_time), !is.na(arr_time)) %>%
  mutate(
    dep_time = make_datetime_100(year, month, day, dep_time),
    arr_time = make_datetime_100(year, month, day, arr_time), 
    sched_dep_time = make_datetime_100(year, month, day, sched_dep_time),
    sched_arr_time = make_datetime_100(year, month, day, sched_arr_time)
  ) %>%
  select(origin, dest, ends_with("delay"), ends_with("time"))
flights_dt %>%
    
    transmute(wday = wday(dep_time, label = TRUE)) %>%
    
    ggplot(aes(wday)) +
    geom_bar()

Rounding

flights_dt %>%
    mutate(week = floor_date(dep_time, "month")) %>%
    select(dep_time, week) %>%
    sample_n(10)
## # A tibble: 10 × 2
##    dep_time            week               
##    <dttm>              <dttm>             
##  1 2013-01-17 08:07:00 2013-01-01 00:00:00
##  2 2013-10-07 04:51:00 2013-10-01 00:00:00
##  3 2013-05-10 18:48:00 2013-05-01 00:00:00
##  4 2013-09-30 20:15:00 2013-09-01 00:00:00
##  5 2013-11-10 19:07:00 2013-11-01 00:00:00
##  6 2013-09-05 17:53:00 2013-09-01 00:00:00
##  7 2013-05-15 12:54:00 2013-05-01 00:00:00
##  8 2013-10-21 16:27:00 2013-10-01 00:00:00
##  9 2013-05-02 17:25:00 2013-05-01 00:00:00
## 10 2013-09-18 17:08:00 2013-09-01 00:00:00
flights_dt %>%
    mutate(week = ceiling_date(dep_time, "month")) %>%
    select(dep_time, week) %>%
    sample_n(10)
## # A tibble: 10 × 2
##    dep_time            week               
##    <dttm>              <dttm>             
##  1 2013-08-28 21:53:00 2013-09-01 00:00:00
##  2 2013-08-25 15:29:00 2013-09-01 00:00:00
##  3 2013-04-09 06:01:00 2013-05-01 00:00:00
##  4 2013-07-10 12:55:00 2013-08-01 00:00:00
##  5 2013-12-14 23:43:00 2014-01-01 00:00:00
##  6 2013-11-19 18:02:00 2013-12-01 00:00:00
##  7 2013-02-12 16:05:00 2013-03-01 00:00:00
##  8 2013-08-27 15:53:00 2013-09-01 00:00:00
##  9 2013-01-19 15:54:00 2013-02-01 00:00:00
## 10 2013-01-14 05:54:00 2013-02-01 00:00:00

Setting components

flights_dt %>% 
    mutate(dep_hour = update(dep_time, yday = 1)) %>%
    select(dep_time, dep_hour) %>%
    sample_n(10)
## # A tibble: 10 × 2
##    dep_time            dep_hour           
##    <dttm>              <dttm>             
##  1 2013-06-26 07:56:00 2013-01-01 07:56:00
##  2 2013-04-12 09:34:00 2013-01-01 09:34:00
##  3 2013-05-06 16:30:00 2013-01-01 16:30:00
##  4 2013-09-28 08:20:00 2013-01-01 08:20:00
##  5 2013-06-25 15:16:00 2013-01-01 15:16:00
##  6 2013-07-11 17:02:00 2013-01-01 17:02:00
##  7 2013-07-12 22:57:00 2013-01-01 22:57:00
##  8 2013-10-12 06:30:00 2013-01-01 06:30:00
##  9 2013-04-18 11:46:00 2013-01-01 11:46:00
## 10 2013-12-30 20:30:00 2013-01-01 20:30:00

Time spans

dyears(3)
## [1] "94672800s (~3 years)"

Intervals

years(1) / days(1)
## [1] 365.25
next_year <- today() + years(1)
(today() %--% next_year) / ddays(1)
## [1] 365