Question 1
Function to view the mtcars dataset
data(mtcars)
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 2class(mtcars)## [1] "data.frame"typeof(mtcars)## [1] "list"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. :8.000row.names(mtcars)## [1] "Mazda RX4" "Mazda RX4 Wag" "Datsun 710"
## [4] "Hornet 4 Drive" "Hornet Sportabout" "Valiant"
## [7] "Duster 360" "Merc 240D" "Merc 230"
## [10] "Merc 280" "Merc 280C" "Merc 450SE"
## [13] "Merc 450SL" "Merc 450SLC" "Cadillac Fleetwood"
## [16] "Lincoln Continental" "Chrysler Imperial" "Fiat 128"
## [19] "Honda Civic" "Toyota Corolla" "Toyota Corona"
## [22] "Dodge Challenger" "AMC Javelin" "Camaro Z28"
## [25] "Pontiac Firebird" "Fiat X1-9" "Porsche 914-2"
## [28] "Lotus Europa" "Ford Pantera L" "Ferrari Dino"
## [31] "Maserati Bora" "Volvo 142E"head(mtcars)## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
## Mazda RX4 21.0 6 160 110 3.90 2.620 16.46 0 1 4 4
## Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0 6 160 110 3.90 2.875 17.02 0 1 4 4
## Datsun 710 22.8 4 108 93 3.85 2.320 18.61 1 1 4 1
## Hornet 4 Drive 21.4 6 258 110 3.08 3.215 19.44 1 0 3 1
## Hornet Sportabout 18.7 8 360 175 3.15 3.440 17.02 0 0 3 2
## Valiant 18.1 6 225 105 2.76 3.460 20.22 1 0 3 1tail(mtcars)## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
## Porsche 914-2 26.0 4 120.3 91 4.43 2.140 16.7 0 1 5 2
## Lotus Europa 30.4 4 95.1 113 3.77 1.513 16.9 1 1 5 2
## Ford Pantera L 15.8 8 351.0 264 4.22 3.170 14.5 0 1 5 4
## Ferrari Dino 19.7 6 145.0 175 3.62 2.770 15.5 0 1 5 6
## Maserati Bora 15.0 8 301.0 335 3.54 3.570 14.6 0 1 5 8
## Volvo 142E 21.4 4 121.0 109 4.11 2.780 18.6 1 1 4 2View(mtcars)
ncol(mtcars)## [1] 11nrow(mtcars)## [1] 32Question 2
How to retrieve data value from row 1, column 2
mtcars[1,2]## [1] 6Question 3
How to retrieve data value from row 1, column 2 using the names
mtcars['Mazda RX4 Wag', 'cyl']## [1] 6Question 4
how to retrieve data of a row eg Volvo 142E
mtcars['Volvo 142E',]## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
## Volvo 142E 21.4 4 121 109 4.11 2.78 18.6 1 1 4 2Question 5
Retrieve two rows (any rows, up to you)
mtcars[3:4,]## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
## Datsun 710 22.8 4 108 93 3.85 2.320 18.61 1 1 4 1
## Hornet 4 Drive 21.4 6 258 110 3.08 3.215 19.44 1 0 3 1Question 6
Retrieve data for column mpg
mtcars['mpg']## mpg
## Mazda RX4 21.0
## Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0
## Datsun 710 22.8
## Hornet 4 Drive 21.4
## Hornet Sportabout 18.7
## Valiant 18.1
## Duster 360 14.3
## Merc 240D 24.4
## Merc 230 22.8
## Merc 280 19.2
## Merc 280C 17.8
## Merc 450SE 16.4
## Merc 450SL 17.3
## Merc 450SLC 15.2
## Cadillac Fleetwood 10.4
## Lincoln Continental 10.4
## Chrysler Imperial 14.7
## Fiat 128 32.4
## Honda Civic 30.4
## Toyota Corolla 33.9
## Toyota Corona 21.5
## Dodge Challenger 15.5
## AMC Javelin 15.2
## Camaro Z28 13.3
## Pontiac Firebird 19.2
## Fiat X1-9 27.3
## Porsche 914-2 26.0
## Lotus Europa 30.4
## Ford Pantera L 15.8
## Ferrari Dino 19.7
## Maserati Bora 15.0
## Volvo 142E 21.4Question 7
What is the class of the output given to you by R
class(mtcars)## [1] "data.frame"class(mtcars['mpg'])## [1] "data.frame"Question 8
Is it a data frame?
class(mtcars['mpg']) == 'data.frame'## [1] TRUEQuestion 9
How do you get back data frame
mtcars['mpg']## mpg
## Mazda RX4 21.0
## Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0
## Datsun 710 22.8
## Hornet 4 Drive 21.4
## Hornet Sportabout 18.7
## Valiant 18.1
## Duster 360 14.3
## Merc 240D 24.4
## Merc 230 22.8
## Merc 280 19.2
## Merc 280C 17.8
## Merc 450SE 16.4
## Merc 450SL 17.3
## Merc 450SLC 15.2
## Cadillac Fleetwood 10.4
## Lincoln Continental 10.4
## Chrysler Imperial 14.7
## Fiat 128 32.4
## Honda Civic 30.4
## Toyota Corolla 33.9
## Toyota Corona 21.5
## Dodge Challenger 15.5
## AMC Javelin 15.2
## Camaro Z28 13.3
## Pontiac Firebird 19.2
## Fiat X1-9 27.3
## Porsche 914-2 26.0
## Lotus Europa 30.4
## Ford Pantera L 15.8
## Ferrari Dino 19.7
## Maserati Bora 15.0
## Volvo 142E 21.4Question 8
Can you use drop when retrieving data using names ?
drops <- c("mpg")
mtcars[ , !(names(mtcars) %in% drops)]## cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
## Mazda RX4 6 160.0 110 3.90 2.620 16.46 0 1 4 4
## Mazda RX4 Wag 6 160.0 110 3.90 2.875 17.02 0 1 4 4
## Datsun 710 4 108.0 93 3.85 2.320 18.61 1 1 4 1
## Hornet 4 Drive 6 258.0 110 3.08 3.215 19.44 1 0 3 1
## Hornet Sportabout 8 360.0 175 3.15 3.440 17.02 0 0 3 2
## Valiant 6 225.0 105 2.76 3.460 20.22 1 0 3 1
## Duster 360 8 360.0 245 3.21 3.570 15.84 0 0 3 4
## Merc 240D 4 146.7 62 3.69 3.190 20.00 1 0 4 2
## Merc 230 4 140.8 95 3.92 3.150 22.90 1 0 4 2
## Merc 280 6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.30 1 0 4 4
## Merc 280C 6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.90 1 0 4 4
## Merc 450SE 8 275.8 180 3.07 4.070 17.40 0 0 3 3
## Merc 450SL 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.730 17.60 0 0 3 3
## Merc 450SLC 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.780 18.00 0 0 3 3
## Cadillac Fleetwood 8 472.0 205 2.93 5.250 17.98 0 0 3 4
## Lincoln Continental 8 460.0 215 3.00 5.424 17.82 0 0 3 4
## Chrysler Imperial 8 440.0 230 3.23 5.345 17.42 0 0 3 4
## Fiat 128 4 78.7 66 4.08 2.200 19.47 1 1 4 1
## Honda Civic 4 75.7 52 4.93 1.615 18.52 1 1 4 2
## Toyota Corolla 4 71.1 65 4.22 1.835 19.90 1 1 4 1
## Toyota Corona 4 120.1 97 3.70 2.465 20.01 1 0 3 1
## Dodge Challenger 8 318.0 150 2.76 3.520 16.87 0 0 3 2
## AMC Javelin 8 304.0 150 3.15 3.435 17.30 0 0 3 2
## Camaro Z28 8 350.0 245 3.73 3.840 15.41 0 0 3 4
## Pontiac Firebird 8 400.0 175 3.08 3.845 17.05 0 0 3 2
## Fiat X1-9 4 79.0 66 4.08 1.935 18.90 1 1 4 1
## Porsche 914-2 4 120.3 91 4.43 2.140 16.70 0 1 5 2
## Lotus Europa 4 95.1 113 3.77 1.513 16.90 1 1 5 2
## Ford Pantera L 8 351.0 264 4.22 3.170 14.50 0 1 5 4
## Ferrari Dino 6 145.0 175 3.62 2.770 15.50 0 1 5 6
## Maserati Bora 8 301.0 335 3.54 3.570 14.60 0 1 5 8
## Volvo 142E 4 121.0 109 4.11 2.780 18.60 1 1 4 2