Functions

1- Create a function named calculate_area_of_circle that takes one parameter, radius, representing the radius of a circle. The function should calculate and return the area using the formula:

area = πœ‹ Γ— radius^2

Test your function with at least two different radii and print the results.

calculate_area_of_circle <- function(r) {
  return(3.14*r^2)
}

calculate_area_of_circle(20)
## [1] 1256

2- Write a function called check_temperature that takes a single numeric input temp.

If temp > 30, print β€œHot”

If temp >= 15 & temp <= 30, print β€œWarm”

Otherwise, print β€œCold”

Test the function on three different values (e.g., 10, 20, 35).

check_temperature <- function(temp) {
  if(temp > 30) 
    return("Hot")
  if(temp >= 15 & temp <= 30)
    return("Warm")
  else
    return("Cold")
}

check_temperature(40)
## [1] "Hot"
check_temperature(19)
## [1] "Warm"
check_temperature(3)
## [1] "Cold"

3- Write a function named sum_odd_numbers that uses a for loop to calculate the sum of all odd numbers from 1 to n.Β The function should return the total sum.

Test the function with n = 9 and n = 39.

sum_odd_numbers <- function(n) {
  total <- 0
  for(i in 1:n)
    if(i %% 2 == 1)
      total <- total + i
  return(total)
}

sum_odd_numbers(9)
## [1] 25
sum_odd_numbers(39)
## [1] 400

EDA

For this section, use the built-in mtcars dataset. Perform the following:

Write a question about the dataset and answer it using functions you learned in this class. Print the output of the answer.

Question: How do the means and medians of the mpg (Miles/Gallon) and wt (weight) compare with each other?

str(mtcars)
## 'data.frame':    32 obs. of  11 variables:
##  $ mpg : num  21 21 22.8 21.4 18.7 18.1 14.3 24.4 22.8 19.2 ...
##  $ cyl : num  6 6 4 6 8 6 8 4 4 6 ...
##  $ disp: num  160 160 108 258 360 ...
##  $ hp  : num  110 110 93 110 175 105 245 62 95 123 ...
##  $ drat: num  3.9 3.9 3.85 3.08 3.15 2.76 3.21 3.69 3.92 3.92 ...
##  $ wt  : num  2.62 2.88 2.32 3.21 3.44 ...
##  $ qsec: num  16.5 17 18.6 19.4 17 ...
##  $ vs  : num  0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 ...
##  $ am  : num  1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
##  $ gear: num  4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 ...
##  $ carb: num  4 4 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 4 ...
summary(mtcars)
##       mpg             cyl             disp             hp       
##  Min.   :10.40   Min.   :4.000   Min.   : 71.1   Min.   : 52.0  
##  1st Qu.:15.43   1st Qu.:4.000   1st Qu.:120.8   1st Qu.: 96.5  
##  Median :19.20   Median :6.000   Median :196.3   Median :123.0  
##  Mean   :20.09   Mean   :6.188   Mean   :230.7   Mean   :146.7  
##  3rd Qu.:22.80   3rd Qu.:8.000   3rd Qu.:326.0   3rd Qu.:180.0  
##  Max.   :33.90   Max.   :8.000   Max.   :472.0   Max.   :335.0  
##       drat             wt             qsec             vs        
##  Min.   :2.760   Min.   :1.513   Min.   :14.50   Min.   :0.0000  
##  1st Qu.:3.080   1st Qu.:2.581   1st Qu.:16.89   1st Qu.:0.0000  
##  Median :3.695   Median :3.325   Median :17.71   Median :0.0000  
##  Mean   :3.597   Mean   :3.217   Mean   :17.85   Mean   :0.4375  
##  3rd Qu.:3.920   3rd Qu.:3.610   3rd Qu.:18.90   3rd Qu.:1.0000  
##  Max.   :4.930   Max.   :5.424   Max.   :22.90   Max.   :1.0000  
##        am              gear            carb      
##  Min.   :0.0000   Min.   :3.000   Min.   :1.000  
##  1st Qu.:0.0000   1st Qu.:3.000   1st Qu.:2.000  
##  Median :0.0000   Median :4.000   Median :2.000  
##  Mean   :0.4062   Mean   :3.688   Mean   :2.812  
##  3rd Qu.:1.0000   3rd Qu.:4.000   3rd Qu.:4.000  
##  Max.   :1.0000   Max.   :5.000   Max.   :8.000
colSums(is.na(mtcars))
##  mpg  cyl disp   hp drat   wt qsec   vs   am gear carb 
##    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
mtcars
##                      mpg cyl  disp  hp drat    wt  qsec vs am gear carb
## Mazda RX4           21.0   6 160.0 110 3.90 2.620 16.46  0  1    4    4
## Mazda RX4 Wag       21.0   6 160.0 110 3.90 2.875 17.02  0  1    4    4
## Datsun 710          22.8   4 108.0  93 3.85 2.320 18.61  1  1    4    1
## Hornet 4 Drive      21.4   6 258.0 110 3.08 3.215 19.44  1  0    3    1
## Hornet Sportabout   18.7   8 360.0 175 3.15 3.440 17.02  0  0    3    2
## Valiant             18.1   6 225.0 105 2.76 3.460 20.22  1  0    3    1
## Duster 360          14.3   8 360.0 245 3.21 3.570 15.84  0  0    3    4
## Merc 240D           24.4   4 146.7  62 3.69 3.190 20.00  1  0    4    2
## Merc 230            22.8   4 140.8  95 3.92 3.150 22.90  1  0    4    2
## Merc 280            19.2   6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.30  1  0    4    4
## Merc 280C           17.8   6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.90  1  0    4    4
## Merc 450SE          16.4   8 275.8 180 3.07 4.070 17.40  0  0    3    3
## Merc 450SL          17.3   8 275.8 180 3.07 3.730 17.60  0  0    3    3
## Merc 450SLC         15.2   8 275.8 180 3.07 3.780 18.00  0  0    3    3
## Cadillac Fleetwood  10.4   8 472.0 205 2.93 5.250 17.98  0  0    3    4
## Lincoln Continental 10.4   8 460.0 215 3.00 5.424 17.82  0  0    3    4
## Chrysler Imperial   14.7   8 440.0 230 3.23 5.345 17.42  0  0    3    4
## Fiat 128            32.4   4  78.7  66 4.08 2.200 19.47  1  1    4    1
## Honda Civic         30.4   4  75.7  52 4.93 1.615 18.52  1  1    4    2
## Toyota Corolla      33.9   4  71.1  65 4.22 1.835 19.90  1  1    4    1
## Toyota Corona       21.5   4 120.1  97 3.70 2.465 20.01  1  0    3    1
## Dodge Challenger    15.5   8 318.0 150 2.76 3.520 16.87  0  0    3    2
## AMC Javelin         15.2   8 304.0 150 3.15 3.435 17.30  0  0    3    2
## Camaro Z28          13.3   8 350.0 245 3.73 3.840 15.41  0  0    3    4
## Pontiac Firebird    19.2   8 400.0 175 3.08 3.845 17.05  0  0    3    2
## Fiat X1-9           27.3   4  79.0  66 4.08 1.935 18.90  1  1    4    1
## Porsche 914-2       26.0   4 120.3  91 4.43 2.140 16.70  0  1    5    2
## Lotus Europa        30.4   4  95.1 113 3.77 1.513 16.90  1  1    5    2
## Ford Pantera L      15.8   8 351.0 264 4.22 3.170 14.50  0  1    5    4
## Ferrari Dino        19.7   6 145.0 175 3.62 2.770 15.50  0  1    5    6
## Maserati Bora       15.0   8 301.0 335 3.54 3.570 14.60  0  1    5    8
## Volvo 142E          21.4   4 121.0 109 4.11 2.780 18.60  1  1    4    2
library(tidymodels)
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## βœ” parsnip      1.3.3     βœ” workflowsets 1.1.1
## βœ” purrr        1.1.0     βœ” yardstick    1.3.2
## Warning: package 'ggplot2' was built under R version 4.5.2
## ── Conflicts ───────────────────────────────────────── tidymodels_conflicts() ──
## βœ– purrr::discard() masks scales::discard()
## βœ– dplyr::filter()  masks stats::filter()
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mtcars |>
  summarise(mean_mpg = mean(mpg), median_mpg = median(mpg), mean_wt = mean(wt), median_wt = median(wt)) 
##   mean_mpg median_mpg mean_wt median_wt
## 1 20.09062       19.2 3.21725     3.325

Answer: The mean and median for mpg (miles per gallon) is 20.09 and 19.2, respectively. The mean and median for wt (weight) is 3.22 and 3.33, respectively. The mean and median for each variable is relatively similar. This means that the graph of each of these variables would mostly be symmetrical, though for mpg, it might be a little right-skewed because the mean is greater than the median by almost 1 unit.

When comparing the means and medians to each other, we see that the mean and median for miles per gallon is higher than the mean and median for weight.

Quick plots I wanted to graph to check:

ggplot(mtcars, aes(x = mpg)) + 
  geom_density()

We can see that the graph is slightly right-skewed, but mostly symmetrical.

ggplot(mtcars, aes(x = wt)) + 
  geom_density()

We can see that the graph is mostly symmetrical, but it has some outliers towards the right. This is why it’s important to still graph your variables because you can derive hidden insights.