library(tidyr)
library(dplyr)
## 
## Attaching package: 'dplyr'
## The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
## 
##     filter, lag
## The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
## 
##     intersect, setdiff, setequal, union
library(stringr)
library(ggplot2)

For my first dataset, I will be using the Candy dataset, discussed in Ajay Arora’s discussion post.

# Get data from file I uploaded to github
theURL <- "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bpersaud104/Data607/master/candyhierarchy2017.csv"
Candy <- read.csv(file = theURL, header = TRUE, sep = ",")
head(Candy)
##   Internal.ID Q1..GOING.OUT. Q2..GENDER Q3..AGE Q4..COUNTRY
## 1    90258773                                              
## 2    90272821             No       Male      44        USA 
## 3    90272829                      Male      49         USA
## 4    90272840             No       Male      40          us
## 5    90272841             No       Male      23         usa
## 6    90272852             No       Male                    
##   Q5..STATE..PROVINCE..COUNTY..ETC Q6...100.Grand.Bar
## 1                                                    
## 2                               NM                MEH
## 3                         Virginia                   
## 4                               or                MEH
## 5                         exton pa                JOY
## 6                                                 JOY
##   Q6...Anonymous.brown.globs.that.come.in.black.and.orange.wrappers..a.k.a..Mary.Janes.
## 1                                                                                      
## 2                                                                               DESPAIR
## 3                                                                                      
## 4                                                                               DESPAIR
## 5                                                                               DESPAIR
## 6                                                                               DESPAIR
##   Q6...Any.full.sized.candy.bar Q6...Black.Jacks Q6...Bonkers..the.candy.
## 1                                                                        
## 2                           JOY              MEH                  DESPAIR
## 3                                                                        
## 4                           JOY              MEH                      MEH
## 5                           JOY          DESPAIR                      MEH
## 6                           JOY                                          
##   Q6...Bonkers..the.board.game. Q6...Bottle.Caps Q6...Box.o.Raisins
## 1                                                                  
## 2                       DESPAIR          DESPAIR            DESPAIR
## 3                                                                  
## 4                       DESPAIR              MEH            DESPAIR
## 5                       DESPAIR              MEH            DESPAIR
## 6                                            MEH                MEH
##   Q6...Broken.glow.stick Q6...Butterfinger Q6...Cadbury.Creme.Eggs
## 1                                                                 
## 2                DESPAIR           DESPAIR                     MEH
## 3                                                                 
## 4                DESPAIR               MEH                     MEH
## 5                DESPAIR               MEH                     MEH
## 6                DESPAIR               JOY                 DESPAIR
##   Q6...Candy.Corn
## 1                
## 2             MEH
## 3                
## 4         DESPAIR
## 5         DESPAIR
## 6             MEH
##   Q6...Candy.that.is.clearly.just.the.stuff.given.out.for.free.at.restaurants
## 1                                                                            
## 2                                                                     DESPAIR
## 3                                                                            
## 4                                                                     DESPAIR
## 5                                                                     DESPAIR
## 6                                                                         MEH
##   Q6...Caramellos Q6...Cash..or.other.forms.of.legal.tender
## 1                                                          
## 2             MEH                                       JOY
## 3                                                          
## 4             MEH                                       JOY
## 5             JOY                                       MEH
## 6             JOY                                       JOY
##   Q6...Chardonnay Q6...Chick.o.Sticks..we.donÕt.know.what.that.is.
## 1                                                                 
## 2             MEH                                          DESPAIR
## 3                                                                 
## 4             MEH                                              JOY
## 5             JOY                                          DESPAIR
## 6             JOY                                              MEH
##   Q6...Chiclets Q6...Coffee.Crisp
## 1                                
## 2       DESPAIR           DESPAIR
## 3                                
## 4           MEH           DESPAIR
## 5       DESPAIR               MEH
## 6           MEH               JOY
##   Q6...Creepy.Religious.comics.Chick.Tracts Q6...Dental.paraphenalia
## 1                                                                   
## 2                                   DESPAIR                  DESPAIR
## 3                                                                   
## 4                                   DESPAIR                  DESPAIR
## 5                                   DESPAIR                  DESPAIR
## 6                                   DESPAIR                      MEH
##   Q6...Dots Q6...Dove.Bars Q6...Fuzzy.Peaches
## 1                                            
## 2       MEH            JOY            DESPAIR
## 3                                            
## 4       JOY            JOY                MEH
## 5       MEH            JOY            DESPAIR
## 6       MEH            JOY                   
##   Q6...Generic.Brand.Acetaminophen Q6...Glow.sticks Q6...Goo.Goo.Clusters
## 1                                                                        
## 2                          DESPAIR          DESPAIR               DESPAIR
## 3                                                                        
## 4                              MEH              JOY                   JOY
## 5                          DESPAIR          DESPAIR                   MEH
## 6                          DESPAIR              MEH                   JOY
##   Q6...Good.N..Plenty Q6...Gum.from.baseball.cards
## 1                                                 
## 2                 MEH                      DESPAIR
## 3                                                 
## 4                 MEH                      DESPAIR
## 5                 MEH                      DESPAIR
## 6                 MEH                      DESPAIR
##   Q6...Gummy.Bears.straight.up Q6...Hard.Candy Q6...Healthy.Fruit
## 1                                                                
## 2                          MEH             MEH            DESPAIR
## 3                                                                
## 4                          JOY             MEH                MEH
## 5                          JOY             MEH            DESPAIR
## 6                          MEH             MEH                MEH
##   Q6...Heath.Bar Q6...Hershey.s.Dark.Chocolate
## 1                                             
## 2            MEH                           JOY
## 3                                             
## 4        DESPAIR                           MEH
## 5        DESPAIR                           JOY
## 6            JOY                           JOY
##   Q6...HersheyÕs.Milk.Chocolate Q6...Hershey.s.Kisses
## 1                                                    
## 2                           JOY                   MEH
## 3                                                    
## 4                           MEH                   MEH
## 5                           MEH                   MEH
## 6                           MEH                   MEH
##   Q6...Hugs..actual.physical.hugs. Q6...Jolly.Rancher..bad.flavor.
## 1                                                                 
## 2                          DESPAIR                         DESPAIR
## 3                                                                 
## 4                              MEH                             MEH
## 5                          DESPAIR                             MEH
## 6                              MEH                             MEH
##   Q6...Jolly.Ranchers..good.flavor. Q6...JoyJoy..Mit.Iodine..
## 1                                                            
## 2                               MEH                   DESPAIR
## 3                                                            
## 4                               MEH                   DESPAIR
## 5                               JOY                       MEH
## 6                               MEH                          
##   Q6...Junior.Mints Q6...Senior.Mints Q6...Kale.smoothie
## 1                                                       
## 2           DESPAIR           DESPAIR            DESPAIR
## 3                                                       
## 4           DESPAIR           DESPAIR            DESPAIR
## 5               JOY           DESPAIR            DESPAIR
## 6               JOY                              DESPAIR
##   Q6...Kinder.Happy.Hippo Q6...Kit.Kat Q6...LaffyTaffy Q6...LemonHeads
## 1                                                                     
## 2                 DESPAIR          JOY         DESPAIR             MEH
## 3                                                                     
## 4                     MEH          MEH             JOY             JOY
## 5                     JOY          JOY             JOY             JOY
## 6                                  JOY             MEH             MEH
##   Q6...Licorice..not.black. Q6...Licorice..yes.black. Q6...Lindt.Truffle
## 1                                                                       
## 2                       MEH                       JOY                MEH
## 3                                                                       
## 4                       MEH                       JOY                JOY
## 5                       MEH                   DESPAIR                JOY
## 6                       MEH                       MEH                JOY
##   Q6...Lollipops Q6...Mars Q6...Maynards Q6...Mike.and.Ike Q6...Milk.Duds
## 1                                                                        
## 2        DESPAIR   DESPAIR       DESPAIR               MEH            MEH
## 3                                                                        
## 4        DESPAIR       JOY           MEH               MEH        DESPAIR
## 5            MEH       MEH       DESPAIR               MEH            MEH
## 6            MEH       JOY                             JOY            JOY
##   Q6...Milky.Way Q6...Regular.M.Ms Q6...Peanut.M.MÕs Q6...Blue.M.M.s
## 1                                                                   
## 2            JOY               JOY               MEH             JOY
## 3                                                                   
## 4            JOY               MEH               JOY             MEH
## 5            JOY               JOY               JOY             JOY
## 6            JOY               JOY               JOY             JOY
##   Q6...Red.M.M.s Q6...Green.Party.M.M.s Q6...Independent.M.M.s
## 1                                                             
## 2            JOY                    JOY                    JOY
## 3                                                             
## 4            MEH                    MEH                    MEH
## 5            JOY                    JOY                    JOY
## 6            JOY                                              
##   Q6...Abstained.from.M.M.ing. Q6...Minibags.of.chips Q6...Mint.Kisses
## 1                                                                     
## 2                      DESPAIR                DESPAIR              MEH
## 3                                                                     
## 4                          MEH                DESPAIR          DESPAIR
## 5                          MEH                DESPAIR              JOY
## 6                                                 JOY              JOY
##   Q6...Mint.Juleps Q6...Mr..Goodbar Q6...Necco.Wafers Q6...Nerds
## 1                                                               
## 2          DESPAIR          DESPAIR           DESPAIR    DESPAIR
## 3                                                               
## 4              MEH              MEH           DESPAIR        MEH
## 5              JOY              MEH           DESPAIR        JOY
## 6              JOY              JOY               MEH        JOY
##   Q6...Nestle.Crunch Q6...Now.n.Laters Q6...Peeps Q6...Pencils
## 1                                                             
## 2                JOY           DESPAIR    DESPAIR      DESPAIR
## 3                                                             
## 4                MEH               MEH    DESPAIR      DESPAIR
## 5                JOY               JOY        MEH      DESPAIR
## 6                MEH               MEH    DESPAIR      DESPAIR
##   Q6...Pixy.Stix Q6...Real.Housewives.of.Orange.County.Season.9.Blue.Ray
## 1                                                                       
## 2        DESPAIR                                                 DESPAIR
## 3                                                                       
## 4        DESPAIR                                                 DESPAIR
## 5            JOY                                                 DESPAIR
## 6            MEH                                                 DESPAIR
##   Q6...ReeseÕs.Peanut.Butter.Cups Q6...Reese.s.Pieces
## 1                                                    
## 2                             JOY                 JOY
## 3                                                    
## 4                             JOY                 MEH
## 5                             JOY                 JOY
## 6                             JOY                 JOY
##   Q6...Reggie.Jackson.Bar Q6...Rolos
## 1                                   
## 2                 DESPAIR        JOY
## 3                                   
## 4                     MEH        MEH
## 5                     MEH        JOY
## 6                 DESPAIR        JOY
##   Q6...Sandwich.sized.bags.filled.with.BooBerry.Crunch Q6...Skittles
## 1                                                                   
## 2                                              DESPAIR       DESPAIR
## 3                                                                   
## 4                                              DESPAIR       DESPAIR
## 5                                                                JOY
## 6                                              DESPAIR           JOY
##   Q6...Smarties..American. Q6...Smarties..Commonwealth. Q6...Snickers
## 1                                                                    
## 2                  DESPAIR                      DESPAIR           MEH
## 3                                                                    
## 4                  DESPAIR                          MEH           JOY
## 5                      JOY                      DESPAIR              
## 6                      JOY                          JOY           JOY
##   Q6...Sourpatch.Kids..i.e..abominations.of.nature. Q6...Spotted.Dick
## 1                                                                    
## 2                                           DESPAIR           DESPAIR
## 3                                                                    
## 4                                               MEH           DESPAIR
## 5                                               MEH           DESPAIR
## 6                                           DESPAIR           DESPAIR
##   Q6...Starburst Q6...Sweet.Tarts Q6...Swedish.Fish
## 1                                                  
## 2            MEH          DESPAIR               MEH
## 3                                                  
## 4            MEH              MEH               JOY
## 5            JOY              JOY               MEH
## 6            MEH              MEH               MEH
##   Q6...Sweetums..a.friend.to.diabetes. Q6...Take.5 Q6...Tic.Tacs
## 1                                                               
## 2                              DESPAIR     DESPAIR       DESPAIR
## 3                                                               
## 4                                  MEH         JOY           MEH
## 5                              DESPAIR         MEH       DESPAIR
## 6                                                            MEH
##   Q6...Those.odd.marshmallow.circus.peanut.things Q6...Three.Musketeers
## 1                                                                      
## 2                                         DESPAIR                   JOY
## 3                                                                      
## 4                                         DESPAIR               DESPAIR
## 5                                         DESPAIR                   JOY
## 6                                         DESPAIR                   JOY
##   Q6...Tolberone.something.or.other Q6...Trail.Mix Q6...Twix
## 1                                                           
## 2                               JOY        DESPAIR       JOY
## 3                                                           
## 4                               JOY            MEH       JOY
## 5                               JOY        DESPAIR       JOY
## 6                               JOY            MEH       JOY
##   Q6...Vials.of.pure.high.fructose.corn.syrup..for.main.lining.into.your.vein
## 1                                                                            
## 2                                                                     DESPAIR
## 3                                                                            
## 4                                                                     DESPAIR
## 5                                                                         MEH
## 6                                                                     DESPAIR
##   Q6...Vicodin Q6...Whatchamacallit.Bars Q6...White.Bread
## 1                                                        
## 2      DESPAIR                   DESPAIR          DESPAIR
## 3                                                        
## 4          JOY                       JOY          DESPAIR
## 5          JOY                       JOY          DESPAIR
## 6      DESPAIR                       JOY          DESPAIR
##   Q6...Whole.Wheat.anything Q6...York.Peppermint.Patties
## 1                                                       
## 2                   DESPAIR                      DESPAIR
## 3                                                       
## 4                   DESPAIR                      DESPAIR
## 5                   DESPAIR                          JOY
## 6                   DESPAIR                          JOY
##                                                                                  Q7..JOY.OTHER
## 1                                                                                             
## 2                                                                                       Mounds
## 3                                                                                             
## 4 Reese's crispy crunchy bars, 5th avenue bars, ferrero rocher, dries fruit other than raisins
## 5                                                                                             
## 6                                                                                             
##   Q8..DESPAIR.OTHER
## 1                  
## 2                  
## 3                  
## 4                  
## 5                  
## 6                  
##                                            Q9..OTHER.COMMENTS
## 1                                                            
## 2 Bottom line is Twix is really the only candy worth eating. 
## 3                                                            
## 4                                      Raisins can go to hell
## 5                                                            
## 6                                                            
##       Q10..DRESS X Q11..DAY Q12..MEDIA..Daily.Dish. Q12..MEDIA..Science.
## 1                                                NA                   NA
## 2 White and gold     Sunday                      NA                    1
## 3                                                NA                   NA
## 4 White and gold     Sunday                      NA                    1
## 5 White and gold     Friday                      NA                    1
## 6                                                NA                    1
##   Q12..MEDIA..ESPN. Q12..MEDIA..Yahoo. Click.Coordinates..x..y.
## 1                NA                 NA                         
## 2                NA                 NA                 (84, 25)
## 3                NA                 NA                         
## 4                NA                 NA                 (75, 23)
## 5                NA                 NA                 (70, 10)
## 6                NA                 NA                 (75, 23)

Data Tidying and Transformations

This is a huge dataset. It shows a survey of people who gave their opinion on what candies they liked. “Joy” means they liked the candy, “meh” means they didn’t like or hate the candy, and “despair” means they didn’t like the candy. I went through the dataset and noticed that there are some columns that list unspecific candies and some that are not even candies at all. For these columns I will be removing them since we want to analyze the data to see what candies people like.

Candy_revised <- Candy[, -c(8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 38, 43, 46, 48, 49, 68, 69, 70, 74, 79, 81, 84, 86, 89, 92, 96, 99, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120)]
head(Candy_revised)
##   Internal.ID Q1..GOING.OUT. Q2..GENDER Q3..AGE Q4..COUNTRY
## 1    90258773                                              
## 2    90272821             No       Male      44        USA 
## 3    90272829                      Male      49         USA
## 4    90272840             No       Male      40          us
## 5    90272841             No       Male      23         usa
## 6    90272852             No       Male                    
##   Q5..STATE..PROVINCE..COUNTY..ETC Q6...100.Grand.Bar Q6...Black.Jacks
## 1                                                                     
## 2                               NM                MEH              MEH
## 3                         Virginia                                    
## 4                               or                MEH              MEH
## 5                         exton pa                JOY          DESPAIR
## 6                                                 JOY                 
##   Q6...Bonkers..the.candy. Q6...Bottle.Caps Q6...Butterfinger
## 1                                                            
## 2                  DESPAIR          DESPAIR           DESPAIR
## 3                                                            
## 4                      MEH              MEH               MEH
## 5                      MEH              MEH               MEH
## 6                                       MEH               JOY
##   Q6...Cadbury.Creme.Eggs Q6...Candy.Corn Q6...Caramellos Q6...Chiclets
## 1                                                                      
## 2                     MEH             MEH             MEH       DESPAIR
## 3                                                                      
## 4                     MEH         DESPAIR             MEH           MEH
## 5                     MEH         DESPAIR             JOY       DESPAIR
## 6                 DESPAIR             MEH             JOY           MEH
##   Q6...Coffee.Crisp Q6...Dots Q6...Goo.Goo.Clusters Q6...Good.N..Plenty
## 1                                                                      
## 2           DESPAIR       MEH               DESPAIR                 MEH
## 3                                                                      
## 4           DESPAIR       JOY                   JOY                 MEH
## 5               MEH       MEH                   MEH                 MEH
## 6               JOY       MEH                   JOY                 MEH
##   Q6...Gummy.Bears.straight.up Q6...Hard.Candy Q6...Heath.Bar
## 1                                                            
## 2                          MEH             MEH            MEH
## 3                                                            
## 4                          JOY             MEH        DESPAIR
## 5                          JOY             MEH        DESPAIR
## 6                          MEH             MEH            JOY
##   Q6...Hershey.s.Dark.Chocolate Q6...HersheyÕs.Milk.Chocolate
## 1                                                            
## 2                           JOY                           JOY
## 3                                                            
## 4                           MEH                           MEH
## 5                           JOY                           MEH
## 6                           JOY                           MEH
##   Q6...Hershey.s.Kisses Q6...Jolly.Rancher..bad.flavor.
## 1                                                      
## 2                   MEH                         DESPAIR
## 3                                                      
## 4                   MEH                             MEH
## 5                   MEH                             MEH
## 6                   MEH                             MEH
##   Q6...Jolly.Ranchers..good.flavor. Q6...Junior.Mints
## 1                                                    
## 2                               MEH           DESPAIR
## 3                                                    
## 4                               MEH           DESPAIR
## 5                               JOY               JOY
## 6                               MEH               JOY
##   Q6...Kinder.Happy.Hippo Q6...Kit.Kat Q6...LaffyTaffy Q6...LemonHeads
## 1                                                                     
## 2                 DESPAIR          JOY         DESPAIR             MEH
## 3                                                                     
## 4                     MEH          MEH             JOY             JOY
## 5                     JOY          JOY             JOY             JOY
## 6                                  JOY             MEH             MEH
##   Q6...Licorice..not.black. Q6...Licorice..yes.black. Q6...Lindt.Truffle
## 1                                                                       
## 2                       MEH                       JOY                MEH
## 3                                                                       
## 4                       MEH                       JOY                JOY
## 5                       MEH                   DESPAIR                JOY
## 6                       MEH                       MEH                JOY
##   Q6...Lollipops Q6...Mars Q6...Maynards Q6...Mike.and.Ike Q6...Milk.Duds
## 1                                                                        
## 2        DESPAIR   DESPAIR       DESPAIR               MEH            MEH
## 3                                                                        
## 4        DESPAIR       JOY           MEH               MEH        DESPAIR
## 5            MEH       MEH       DESPAIR               MEH            MEH
## 6            MEH       JOY                             JOY            JOY
##   Q6...Milky.Way Q6...Regular.M.Ms Q6...Peanut.M.MÕs Q6...Blue.M.M.s
## 1                                                                   
## 2            JOY               JOY               MEH             JOY
## 3                                                                   
## 4            JOY               MEH               JOY             MEH
## 5            JOY               JOY               JOY             JOY
## 6            JOY               JOY               JOY             JOY
##   Q6...Red.M.M.s Q6...Green.Party.M.M.s Q6...Mint.Kisses Q6...Mint.Juleps
## 1                                                                        
## 2            JOY                    JOY              MEH          DESPAIR
## 3                                                                        
## 4            MEH                    MEH          DESPAIR              MEH
## 5            JOY                    JOY              JOY              JOY
## 6            JOY                                     JOY              JOY
##   Q6...Mr..Goodbar Q6...Nerds Q6...Nestle.Crunch Q6...Now.n.Laters
## 1                                                                 
## 2          DESPAIR    DESPAIR                JOY           DESPAIR
## 3                                                                 
## 4              MEH        MEH                MEH               MEH
## 5              MEH        JOY                JOY               JOY
## 6              JOY        JOY                MEH               MEH
##   Q6...Peeps Q6...Pixy.Stix Q6...ReeseÕs.Peanut.Butter.Cups
## 1                                                          
## 2    DESPAIR        DESPAIR                             JOY
## 3                                                          
## 4    DESPAIR        DESPAIR                             JOY
## 5        MEH            JOY                             JOY
## 6    DESPAIR            MEH                             JOY
##   Q6...Reese.s.Pieces Q6...Rolos Q6...Skittles Q6...Smarties..American.
## 1                                                                      
## 2                 JOY        JOY       DESPAIR                  DESPAIR
## 3                                                                      
## 4                 MEH        MEH       DESPAIR                  DESPAIR
## 5                 JOY        JOY           JOY                      JOY
## 6                 JOY        JOY           JOY                      JOY
##   Q6...Snickers Q6...Sourpatch.Kids..i.e..abominations.of.nature.
## 1                                                                
## 2           MEH                                           DESPAIR
## 3                                                                
## 4           JOY                                               MEH
## 5                                                             MEH
## 6           JOY                                           DESPAIR
##   Q6...Starburst Q6...Sweet.Tarts Q6...Swedish.Fish Q6...Take.5
## 1                                                              
## 2            MEH          DESPAIR               MEH     DESPAIR
## 3                                                              
## 4            MEH              MEH               JOY         JOY
## 5            JOY              JOY               MEH         MEH
## 6            MEH              MEH               MEH            
##   Q6...Tic.Tacs Q6...Three.Musketeers Q6...Tolberone.something.or.other
## 1                                                                      
## 2       DESPAIR                   JOY                               JOY
## 3                                                                      
## 4           MEH               DESPAIR                               JOY
## 5       DESPAIR                   JOY                               JOY
## 6           MEH                   JOY                               JOY
##   Q6...Twix                                          Q9..OTHER.COMMENTS
## 1                                                                      
## 2       JOY Bottom line is Twix is really the only candy worth eating. 
## 3                                                                      
## 4       JOY                                      Raisins can go to hell
## 5       JOY                                                            
## 6       JOY

Now the data is looking more readable. There are some blank spaces in the data that shows that there was no answer given. So I decided to leave those blank. Next I;m going to create subsets of the data to seperate the data based on age, gender, and location.

#Create a subset for gender
Candy_gender <- select(Candy_revised,Internal.ID, Q2..GENDER, Q6...100.Grand.Bar:Q6...Twix)
head(Candy_gender)
##   Internal.ID Q2..GENDER Q6...100.Grand.Bar Q6...Black.Jacks
## 1    90258773                                               
## 2    90272821       Male                MEH              MEH
## 3    90272829       Male                                    
## 4    90272840       Male                MEH              MEH
## 5    90272841       Male                JOY          DESPAIR
## 6    90272852       Male                JOY                 
##   Q6...Bonkers..the.candy. Q6...Bottle.Caps Q6...Butterfinger
## 1                                                            
## 2                  DESPAIR          DESPAIR           DESPAIR
## 3                                                            
## 4                      MEH              MEH               MEH
## 5                      MEH              MEH               MEH
## 6                                       MEH               JOY
##   Q6...Cadbury.Creme.Eggs Q6...Candy.Corn Q6...Caramellos Q6...Chiclets
## 1                                                                      
## 2                     MEH             MEH             MEH       DESPAIR
## 3                                                                      
## 4                     MEH         DESPAIR             MEH           MEH
## 5                     MEH         DESPAIR             JOY       DESPAIR
## 6                 DESPAIR             MEH             JOY           MEH
##   Q6...Coffee.Crisp Q6...Dots Q6...Goo.Goo.Clusters Q6...Good.N..Plenty
## 1                                                                      
## 2           DESPAIR       MEH               DESPAIR                 MEH
## 3                                                                      
## 4           DESPAIR       JOY                   JOY                 MEH
## 5               MEH       MEH                   MEH                 MEH
## 6               JOY       MEH                   JOY                 MEH
##   Q6...Gummy.Bears.straight.up Q6...Hard.Candy Q6...Heath.Bar
## 1                                                            
## 2                          MEH             MEH            MEH
## 3                                                            
## 4                          JOY             MEH        DESPAIR
## 5                          JOY             MEH        DESPAIR
## 6                          MEH             MEH            JOY
##   Q6...Hershey.s.Dark.Chocolate Q6...HersheyÕs.Milk.Chocolate
## 1                                                            
## 2                           JOY                           JOY
## 3                                                            
## 4                           MEH                           MEH
## 5                           JOY                           MEH
## 6                           JOY                           MEH
##   Q6...Hershey.s.Kisses Q6...Jolly.Rancher..bad.flavor.
## 1                                                      
## 2                   MEH                         DESPAIR
## 3                                                      
## 4                   MEH                             MEH
## 5                   MEH                             MEH
## 6                   MEH                             MEH
##   Q6...Jolly.Ranchers..good.flavor. Q6...Junior.Mints
## 1                                                    
## 2                               MEH           DESPAIR
## 3                                                    
## 4                               MEH           DESPAIR
## 5                               JOY               JOY
## 6                               MEH               JOY
##   Q6...Kinder.Happy.Hippo Q6...Kit.Kat Q6...LaffyTaffy Q6...LemonHeads
## 1                                                                     
## 2                 DESPAIR          JOY         DESPAIR             MEH
## 3                                                                     
## 4                     MEH          MEH             JOY             JOY
## 5                     JOY          JOY             JOY             JOY
## 6                                  JOY             MEH             MEH
##   Q6...Licorice..not.black. Q6...Licorice..yes.black. Q6...Lindt.Truffle
## 1                                                                       
## 2                       MEH                       JOY                MEH
## 3                                                                       
## 4                       MEH                       JOY                JOY
## 5                       MEH                   DESPAIR                JOY
## 6                       MEH                       MEH                JOY
##   Q6...Lollipops Q6...Mars Q6...Maynards Q6...Mike.and.Ike Q6...Milk.Duds
## 1                                                                        
## 2        DESPAIR   DESPAIR       DESPAIR               MEH            MEH
## 3                                                                        
## 4        DESPAIR       JOY           MEH               MEH        DESPAIR
## 5            MEH       MEH       DESPAIR               MEH            MEH
## 6            MEH       JOY                             JOY            JOY
##   Q6...Milky.Way Q6...Regular.M.Ms Q6...Peanut.M.MÕs Q6...Blue.M.M.s
## 1                                                                   
## 2            JOY               JOY               MEH             JOY
## 3                                                                   
## 4            JOY               MEH               JOY             MEH
## 5            JOY               JOY               JOY             JOY
## 6            JOY               JOY               JOY             JOY
##   Q6...Red.M.M.s Q6...Green.Party.M.M.s Q6...Mint.Kisses Q6...Mint.Juleps
## 1                                                                        
## 2            JOY                    JOY              MEH          DESPAIR
## 3                                                                        
## 4            MEH                    MEH          DESPAIR              MEH
## 5            JOY                    JOY              JOY              JOY
## 6            JOY                                     JOY              JOY
##   Q6...Mr..Goodbar Q6...Nerds Q6...Nestle.Crunch Q6...Now.n.Laters
## 1                                                                 
## 2          DESPAIR    DESPAIR                JOY           DESPAIR
## 3                                                                 
## 4              MEH        MEH                MEH               MEH
## 5              MEH        JOY                JOY               JOY
## 6              JOY        JOY                MEH               MEH
##   Q6...Peeps Q6...Pixy.Stix Q6...ReeseÕs.Peanut.Butter.Cups
## 1                                                          
## 2    DESPAIR        DESPAIR                             JOY
## 3                                                          
## 4    DESPAIR        DESPAIR                             JOY
## 5        MEH            JOY                             JOY
## 6    DESPAIR            MEH                             JOY
##   Q6...Reese.s.Pieces Q6...Rolos Q6...Skittles Q6...Smarties..American.
## 1                                                                      
## 2                 JOY        JOY       DESPAIR                  DESPAIR
## 3                                                                      
## 4                 MEH        MEH       DESPAIR                  DESPAIR
## 5                 JOY        JOY           JOY                      JOY
## 6                 JOY        JOY           JOY                      JOY
##   Q6...Snickers Q6...Sourpatch.Kids..i.e..abominations.of.nature.
## 1                                                                
## 2           MEH                                           DESPAIR
## 3                                                                
## 4           JOY                                               MEH
## 5                                                             MEH
## 6           JOY                                           DESPAIR
##   Q6...Starburst Q6...Sweet.Tarts Q6...Swedish.Fish Q6...Take.5
## 1                                                              
## 2            MEH          DESPAIR               MEH     DESPAIR
## 3                                                              
## 4            MEH              MEH               JOY         JOY
## 5            JOY              JOY               MEH         MEH
## 6            MEH              MEH               MEH            
##   Q6...Tic.Tacs Q6...Three.Musketeers Q6...Tolberone.something.or.other
## 1                                                                      
## 2       DESPAIR                   JOY                               JOY
## 3                                                                      
## 4           MEH               DESPAIR                               JOY
## 5       DESPAIR                   JOY                               JOY
## 6           MEH                   JOY                               JOY
##   Q6...Twix
## 1          
## 2       JOY
## 3          
## 4       JOY
## 5       JOY
## 6       JOY
#Create a subset for age
Candy_age <- select(Candy_revised,Internal.ID, Q3..AGE, Q6...100.Grand.Bar:Q6...Twix)
head(Candy_age)
##   Internal.ID Q3..AGE Q6...100.Grand.Bar Q6...Black.Jacks
## 1    90258773                                            
## 2    90272821      44                MEH              MEH
## 3    90272829      49                                    
## 4    90272840      40                MEH              MEH
## 5    90272841      23                JOY          DESPAIR
## 6    90272852                        JOY                 
##   Q6...Bonkers..the.candy. Q6...Bottle.Caps Q6...Butterfinger
## 1                                                            
## 2                  DESPAIR          DESPAIR           DESPAIR
## 3                                                            
## 4                      MEH              MEH               MEH
## 5                      MEH              MEH               MEH
## 6                                       MEH               JOY
##   Q6...Cadbury.Creme.Eggs Q6...Candy.Corn Q6...Caramellos Q6...Chiclets
## 1                                                                      
## 2                     MEH             MEH             MEH       DESPAIR
## 3                                                                      
## 4                     MEH         DESPAIR             MEH           MEH
## 5                     MEH         DESPAIR             JOY       DESPAIR
## 6                 DESPAIR             MEH             JOY           MEH
##   Q6...Coffee.Crisp Q6...Dots Q6...Goo.Goo.Clusters Q6...Good.N..Plenty
## 1                                                                      
## 2           DESPAIR       MEH               DESPAIR                 MEH
## 3                                                                      
## 4           DESPAIR       JOY                   JOY                 MEH
## 5               MEH       MEH                   MEH                 MEH
## 6               JOY       MEH                   JOY                 MEH
##   Q6...Gummy.Bears.straight.up Q6...Hard.Candy Q6...Heath.Bar
## 1                                                            
## 2                          MEH             MEH            MEH
## 3                                                            
## 4                          JOY             MEH        DESPAIR
## 5                          JOY             MEH        DESPAIR
## 6                          MEH             MEH            JOY
##   Q6...Hershey.s.Dark.Chocolate Q6...HersheyÕs.Milk.Chocolate
## 1                                                            
## 2                           JOY                           JOY
## 3                                                            
## 4                           MEH                           MEH
## 5                           JOY                           MEH
## 6                           JOY                           MEH
##   Q6...Hershey.s.Kisses Q6...Jolly.Rancher..bad.flavor.
## 1                                                      
## 2                   MEH                         DESPAIR
## 3                                                      
## 4                   MEH                             MEH
## 5                   MEH                             MEH
## 6                   MEH                             MEH
##   Q6...Jolly.Ranchers..good.flavor. Q6...Junior.Mints
## 1                                                    
## 2                               MEH           DESPAIR
## 3                                                    
## 4                               MEH           DESPAIR
## 5                               JOY               JOY
## 6                               MEH               JOY
##   Q6...Kinder.Happy.Hippo Q6...Kit.Kat Q6...LaffyTaffy Q6...LemonHeads
## 1                                                                     
## 2                 DESPAIR          JOY         DESPAIR             MEH
## 3                                                                     
## 4                     MEH          MEH             JOY             JOY
## 5                     JOY          JOY             JOY             JOY
## 6                                  JOY             MEH             MEH
##   Q6...Licorice..not.black. Q6...Licorice..yes.black. Q6...Lindt.Truffle
## 1                                                                       
## 2                       MEH                       JOY                MEH
## 3                                                                       
## 4                       MEH                       JOY                JOY
## 5                       MEH                   DESPAIR                JOY
## 6                       MEH                       MEH                JOY
##   Q6...Lollipops Q6...Mars Q6...Maynards Q6...Mike.and.Ike Q6...Milk.Duds
## 1                                                                        
## 2        DESPAIR   DESPAIR       DESPAIR               MEH            MEH
## 3                                                                        
## 4        DESPAIR       JOY           MEH               MEH        DESPAIR
## 5            MEH       MEH       DESPAIR               MEH            MEH
## 6            MEH       JOY                             JOY            JOY
##   Q6...Milky.Way Q6...Regular.M.Ms Q6...Peanut.M.MÕs Q6...Blue.M.M.s
## 1                                                                   
## 2            JOY               JOY               MEH             JOY
## 3                                                                   
## 4            JOY               MEH               JOY             MEH
## 5            JOY               JOY               JOY             JOY
## 6            JOY               JOY               JOY             JOY
##   Q6...Red.M.M.s Q6...Green.Party.M.M.s Q6...Mint.Kisses Q6...Mint.Juleps
## 1                                                                        
## 2            JOY                    JOY              MEH          DESPAIR
## 3                                                                        
## 4            MEH                    MEH          DESPAIR              MEH
## 5            JOY                    JOY              JOY              JOY
## 6            JOY                                     JOY              JOY
##   Q6...Mr..Goodbar Q6...Nerds Q6...Nestle.Crunch Q6...Now.n.Laters
## 1                                                                 
## 2          DESPAIR    DESPAIR                JOY           DESPAIR
## 3                                                                 
## 4              MEH        MEH                MEH               MEH
## 5              MEH        JOY                JOY               JOY
## 6              JOY        JOY                MEH               MEH
##   Q6...Peeps Q6...Pixy.Stix Q6...ReeseÕs.Peanut.Butter.Cups
## 1                                                          
## 2    DESPAIR        DESPAIR                             JOY
## 3                                                          
## 4    DESPAIR        DESPAIR                             JOY
## 5        MEH            JOY                             JOY
## 6    DESPAIR            MEH                             JOY
##   Q6...Reese.s.Pieces Q6...Rolos Q6...Skittles Q6...Smarties..American.
## 1                                                                      
## 2                 JOY        JOY       DESPAIR                  DESPAIR
## 3                                                                      
## 4                 MEH        MEH       DESPAIR                  DESPAIR
## 5                 JOY        JOY           JOY                      JOY
## 6                 JOY        JOY           JOY                      JOY
##   Q6...Snickers Q6...Sourpatch.Kids..i.e..abominations.of.nature.
## 1                                                                
## 2           MEH                                           DESPAIR
## 3                                                                
## 4           JOY                                               MEH
## 5                                                             MEH
## 6           JOY                                           DESPAIR
##   Q6...Starburst Q6...Sweet.Tarts Q6...Swedish.Fish Q6...Take.5
## 1                                                              
## 2            MEH          DESPAIR               MEH     DESPAIR
## 3                                                              
## 4            MEH              MEH               JOY         JOY
## 5            JOY              JOY               MEH         MEH
## 6            MEH              MEH               MEH            
##   Q6...Tic.Tacs Q6...Three.Musketeers Q6...Tolberone.something.or.other
## 1                                                                      
## 2       DESPAIR                   JOY                               JOY
## 3                                                                      
## 4           MEH               DESPAIR                               JOY
## 5       DESPAIR                   JOY                               JOY
## 6           MEH                   JOY                               JOY
##   Q6...Twix
## 1          
## 2       JOY
## 3          
## 4       JOY
## 5       JOY
## 6       JOY
#Create a subset for location
Candy_location <- select(Candy_revised,Internal.ID, Q4..COUNTRY, Q5..STATE..PROVINCE..COUNTY..ETC, Q6...100.Grand.Bar:Q6...Twix)
head(Candy_location)
##   Internal.ID Q4..COUNTRY Q5..STATE..PROVINCE..COUNTY..ETC
## 1    90258773                                             
## 2    90272821        USA                                NM
## 3    90272829         USA                         Virginia
## 4    90272840          us                               or
## 5    90272841         usa                         exton pa
## 6    90272852                                             
##   Q6...100.Grand.Bar Q6...Black.Jacks Q6...Bonkers..the.candy.
## 1                                                             
## 2                MEH              MEH                  DESPAIR
## 3                                                             
## 4                MEH              MEH                      MEH
## 5                JOY          DESPAIR                      MEH
## 6                JOY                                          
##   Q6...Bottle.Caps Q6...Butterfinger Q6...Cadbury.Creme.Eggs
## 1                                                           
## 2          DESPAIR           DESPAIR                     MEH
## 3                                                           
## 4              MEH               MEH                     MEH
## 5              MEH               MEH                     MEH
## 6              MEH               JOY                 DESPAIR
##   Q6...Candy.Corn Q6...Caramellos Q6...Chiclets Q6...Coffee.Crisp
## 1                                                                
## 2             MEH             MEH       DESPAIR           DESPAIR
## 3                                                                
## 4         DESPAIR             MEH           MEH           DESPAIR
## 5         DESPAIR             JOY       DESPAIR               MEH
## 6             MEH             JOY           MEH               JOY
##   Q6...Dots Q6...Goo.Goo.Clusters Q6...Good.N..Plenty
## 1                                                    
## 2       MEH               DESPAIR                 MEH
## 3                                                    
## 4       JOY                   JOY                 MEH
## 5       MEH                   MEH                 MEH
## 6       MEH                   JOY                 MEH
##   Q6...Gummy.Bears.straight.up Q6...Hard.Candy Q6...Heath.Bar
## 1                                                            
## 2                          MEH             MEH            MEH
## 3                                                            
## 4                          JOY             MEH        DESPAIR
## 5                          JOY             MEH        DESPAIR
## 6                          MEH             MEH            JOY
##   Q6...Hershey.s.Dark.Chocolate Q6...HersheyÕs.Milk.Chocolate
## 1                                                            
## 2                           JOY                           JOY
## 3                                                            
## 4                           MEH                           MEH
## 5                           JOY                           MEH
## 6                           JOY                           MEH
##   Q6...Hershey.s.Kisses Q6...Jolly.Rancher..bad.flavor.
## 1                                                      
## 2                   MEH                         DESPAIR
## 3                                                      
## 4                   MEH                             MEH
## 5                   MEH                             MEH
## 6                   MEH                             MEH
##   Q6...Jolly.Ranchers..good.flavor. Q6...Junior.Mints
## 1                                                    
## 2                               MEH           DESPAIR
## 3                                                    
## 4                               MEH           DESPAIR
## 5                               JOY               JOY
## 6                               MEH               JOY
##   Q6...Kinder.Happy.Hippo Q6...Kit.Kat Q6...LaffyTaffy Q6...LemonHeads
## 1                                                                     
## 2                 DESPAIR          JOY         DESPAIR             MEH
## 3                                                                     
## 4                     MEH          MEH             JOY             JOY
## 5                     JOY          JOY             JOY             JOY
## 6                                  JOY             MEH             MEH
##   Q6...Licorice..not.black. Q6...Licorice..yes.black. Q6...Lindt.Truffle
## 1                                                                       
## 2                       MEH                       JOY                MEH
## 3                                                                       
## 4                       MEH                       JOY                JOY
## 5                       MEH                   DESPAIR                JOY
## 6                       MEH                       MEH                JOY
##   Q6...Lollipops Q6...Mars Q6...Maynards Q6...Mike.and.Ike Q6...Milk.Duds
## 1                                                                        
## 2        DESPAIR   DESPAIR       DESPAIR               MEH            MEH
## 3                                                                        
## 4        DESPAIR       JOY           MEH               MEH        DESPAIR
## 5            MEH       MEH       DESPAIR               MEH            MEH
## 6            MEH       JOY                             JOY            JOY
##   Q6...Milky.Way Q6...Regular.M.Ms Q6...Peanut.M.MÕs Q6...Blue.M.M.s
## 1                                                                   
## 2            JOY               JOY               MEH             JOY
## 3                                                                   
## 4            JOY               MEH               JOY             MEH
## 5            JOY               JOY               JOY             JOY
## 6            JOY               JOY               JOY             JOY
##   Q6...Red.M.M.s Q6...Green.Party.M.M.s Q6...Mint.Kisses Q6...Mint.Juleps
## 1                                                                        
## 2            JOY                    JOY              MEH          DESPAIR
## 3                                                                        
## 4            MEH                    MEH          DESPAIR              MEH
## 5            JOY                    JOY              JOY              JOY
## 6            JOY                                     JOY              JOY
##   Q6...Mr..Goodbar Q6...Nerds Q6...Nestle.Crunch Q6...Now.n.Laters
## 1                                                                 
## 2          DESPAIR    DESPAIR                JOY           DESPAIR
## 3                                                                 
## 4              MEH        MEH                MEH               MEH
## 5              MEH        JOY                JOY               JOY
## 6              JOY        JOY                MEH               MEH
##   Q6...Peeps Q6...Pixy.Stix Q6...ReeseÕs.Peanut.Butter.Cups
## 1                                                          
## 2    DESPAIR        DESPAIR                             JOY
## 3                                                          
## 4    DESPAIR        DESPAIR                             JOY
## 5        MEH            JOY                             JOY
## 6    DESPAIR            MEH                             JOY
##   Q6...Reese.s.Pieces Q6...Rolos Q6...Skittles Q6...Smarties..American.
## 1                                                                      
## 2                 JOY        JOY       DESPAIR                  DESPAIR
## 3                                                                      
## 4                 MEH        MEH       DESPAIR                  DESPAIR
## 5                 JOY        JOY           JOY                      JOY
## 6                 JOY        JOY           JOY                      JOY
##   Q6...Snickers Q6...Sourpatch.Kids..i.e..abominations.of.nature.
## 1                                                                
## 2           MEH                                           DESPAIR
## 3                                                                
## 4           JOY                                               MEH
## 5                                                             MEH
## 6           JOY                                           DESPAIR
##   Q6...Starburst Q6...Sweet.Tarts Q6...Swedish.Fish Q6...Take.5
## 1                                                              
## 2            MEH          DESPAIR               MEH     DESPAIR
## 3                                                              
## 4            MEH              MEH               JOY         JOY
## 5            JOY              JOY               MEH         MEH
## 6            MEH              MEH               MEH            
##   Q6...Tic.Tacs Q6...Three.Musketeers Q6...Tolberone.something.or.other
## 1                                                                      
## 2       DESPAIR                   JOY                               JOY
## 3                                                                      
## 4           MEH               DESPAIR                               JOY
## 5       DESPAIR                   JOY                               JOY
## 6           MEH                   JOY                               JOY
##   Q6...Twix
## 1          
## 2       JOY
## 3          
## 4       JOY
## 5       JOY
## 6       JOY

Data Analysis

The analysis requested in the discussion post is determining the kind of candy people like based off of age, gender, demographics, geography, and type of candy, etc. I will be analyzing the data to determine what candy is liked based off of age, gender, demographics, and geography. Determining the kinds of candy people like based off of the type of candy is a little difficult to show, since the data doesn’t specify the type that each candy is. You would have to make an assumption on what that candy is.

Conclusion

I managed to tidy the data somewhat for this huge dataset. Unfortunately, further analysis shows that some people didn’t answer seriously and put some joke responses in the survey. I attempted to tidy the joke responses out of the data by removing the joke candies that people had listed. But when I was going to do the analysis that was requested in the discusson post I realized that the analysis asked for couldn’t be shown. For example, trying to find what candies are liked based on age can’t be done since some people put joke responses about their age. If you were to remove these people you would be removing their responses as well, and doing this would mean that you can’t perform an accurate analysis on the dataset.