Import your data

data <- read_excel("../01_module4/data/myData.xlsx")
data
## # A tibble: 1,104 × 31
##    town11cd  town11nm population_2011 size_flag rgn11nm coastal coastal_detailed
##    <chr>     <chr>              <dbl> <chr>     <chr>   <chr>   <chr>           
##  1 E34000007 Carlton…            5456 Small To… East M… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  2 E34000016 Dorches…           19060 Small To… South … Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  3 E34000020 Ely BUA            19090 Small To… East o… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  4 E34000026 Market …            6429 Small To… Yorksh… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  5 E34000027 Downham…           10884 Small To… East o… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  6 E34000039 Penrith…           15181 Small To… North … Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  7 E34000048 Bolsove…           11754 Small To… East M… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  8 E34000055 March B…           21051 Medium T… East o… Non-co… Large non-coast…
##  9 E34000056 Southam…            6567 Small To… West M… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
## 10 E34000067 Royston…           15781 Small To… East o… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
## # ℹ 1,094 more rows
## # ℹ 24 more variables: ttwa11cd <chr>, ttwa11nm <chr>,
## #   ttwa_classification <chr>, job_density_flag <chr>, income_flag <chr>,
## #   university_flag <chr>, level4qual_residents35_64_2011 <chr>,
## #   ks4_2012_2013_counts <dbl>,
## #   key_stage_2_attainment_school_year_2007_to_2008 <dbl>,
## #   key_stage_4_attainment_school_year_2012_to_2013 <dbl>, …

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Create a factor

unique(data$size_flag)
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size_levels <- c("Other Small BUAs", "Small Towns", "Medium Towns", "Large Towns", "City", "Not BUA", "Outer london BUA", "Inner London BUA")

data$size_flag <- factor(data$size_flag, levels = size_levels)

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levels(data$size_flag)
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Make two charts here - one before ordering another after

# Before ordering
size_summary <- data %>%
    group_by(size_flag) %>%
    summarise(population = mean(population_2011, na.rm = TRUE), n = n())

ggplot(size_summary, aes(population, size_flag)) +
    geom_point()
## Warning: Removed 4 rows containing missing values or values outside the scale range
## (`geom_point()`).

# After ordering
size_summary %>%
    mutate(size_flag = fct_reorder(size_flag, population)) %>%
    ggplot(aes(population, size_flag)) + 
    geom_point()
## Warning: There was 1 warning in `mutate()`.
## ℹ In argument: `size_flag = fct_reorder(size_flag, population)`.
## Caused by warning:
## ! `fct_reorder()` removing 4 missing values.
## ℹ Use `.na_rm = TRUE` to silence this message.
## ℹ Use `.na_rm = FALSE` to preserve NAs.
## Removed 4 rows containing missing values or values outside the scale range
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Modify factor levels

Show examples of three functions:

  • fct_recode
data %>%
    mutate(size_flag = fct_recode(size_flag, "Small Towns" = "Small Towns", "Medium Towns" = "Medium Towns", "Large Towns" = "Large Towns", "Not BUA" = "Not BUA")) %>%
    count(size_flag)
## # A tibble: 8 × 2
##   size_flag            n
##   <fct>            <int>
## 1 Other Small BUAs     1
## 2 Small Towns        662
## 3 Medium Towns       331
## 4 Large Towns         89
## 5 City                18
## 6 Not BUA              1
## 7 Outer london BUA     1
## 8 Inner London BUA     1
  • fct_collapse
data %>%
    mutate(size_flag = fct_collapse(size_flag, towns = c("Small Towns", "Medium Towns", "Large Towns"), london = c("Inner London BUA", "Outer london BUA"), other = c("Other Small BUAs", "Not BUA", "City"))) %>%
    count(size_flag)
## # A tibble: 3 × 2
##   size_flag     n
##   <fct>     <int>
## 1 other        20
## 2 towns      1082
## 3 london        2
  • fct_lump
data %>%
    mutate(size_flag = fct_lump(size_flag, n = 3)) %>%
    count(size_flag)
## # A tibble: 4 × 2
##   size_flag        n
##   <fct>        <int>
## 1 Small Towns    662
## 2 Medium Towns   331
## 3 Large Towns     89
## 4 Other           22

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