# Remove all variables
rm(list=ls())
########################################################################
# dataframes
#
# The contents of this file assume that you are familiar with the
# following topics
#
# - lists
# - factors
# - attributes and attr
#
# A dataframe allows you to work with multiple parallel vectors
# that are arranged in a grid.
########################################################################30 dataframes
30.1 Example of a data.frame
# Example of a dataframe
#
# You can create a dataframe with the data.frame function
# (NOTICE the "." in the name data.frame. Don't forget to type it.
# In R, a period is simply a regular character that can be used
# in the name of a variable or function. It is often used to separate
# words such as: a.long.variable.name = 100)
gradebook = data.frame(student = c("joe", "sue", "sam", "anne", "bob", "carla", "dana", "david"),
test1 = c(70, 80, 90, 75, 85, 95, 100, 60),
test2 = c(81, 77, 88, 87, 91, 92, 99, 73),
year = factor(c("fr", "fr", "so", "so", "fr", "se", "so", "so"),
ordered=TRUE, levels=c("fr","so","ju","se")),
honors = c(FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE),
stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSE# The data.frame function takes a series of vectors as arguments. The vectors
# must all be the same length. (remember that a factor is a vector too).
#
# The vectors become the columns of the dataframe.
# The names of the arguments become the names of the columns in the dataframe.
#
# There are other arguments to the data.frame function that you may
# be interested in exploring when you get more adept at using dataframes.
#
# For now, the other argument we will look at is stringsAsFactors.
# We will discuss stringsAsFactors in more detail later. For now, we will simply set
# stringsAsFactors=TRUE
# Later, we will explain what stringsAsFactors=TRUE does and what
# it means if you set stringsAsFactors=FALSE or leave out stringsAsFactors
# entirely.
?data.framestarting httpd help server ... donegradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSE30.2 Anatomy of a data.frame (it’s a list of parallel vectors … )
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# "Under the covers", a dataframe is actually a list of vectors.
# All of the vectors in the list must have the same length.
# R arranges the data into rows (horizontal) and columns (vertical).
# The vectors are the columns.
#
# R arranges the vectors as the columns and displays them next to
# each other to make the dataframe appear as a "grid" with rows and columns.
# Because each column in actually a vector - each column in the dataframe
# must be a single class (eg. all data in a single column must be "numeric", "logical"
# "character", "factor", etc.) There is NO such requirement for the rows
# of a dataframe.
#
# A dataframe looks different than a simple list and has a few added
# features (which we'll explore later below). This is because R recognizes
# that the list should treated as a dataframe because the class attributre of
# the list is set to "data.frame". This is done by the data.frame function
# which is used to create the dataframe. There are also a couple of other
# attributes that are attached to the list. (see below)
#
# The following attributes are attached to every dataframe:
#
# attribute name attribute value
# -------------- ---------------
# class "data.frame"
#
# names character vector with names of the columns
# note that a plain list can also have a names attribute
# with names of the entries in the list.
#
# row.names a character vector with names of the rows.
# By default the row names are simply numbers.
# You can change the row names to anything you like
# (If you recall, we also did this with matrices.)
#
# You can access these attributes by using the following functions
# (see details in the code below)
#
# attr(SOME_DATAFRAME, ATTRIBUTE_NAME)
# attributes(SOME_DATAFRAME)
# names(SOME_DATAFRAME)
# colnames(SOME_DATAFRAME)
# rownames(SOME_DATAFRAME)
# row.names(SOME_DATAFRAME)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
mode(gradebook) # "list"[1] "list"class(gradebook) # "data.frame"[1] "data.frame"# There are a few attributes on the list that make R interpret how to display
# and use the dataframe.
attributes(gradebook) # names class row.names$names
[1] "student" "test1" "test2" "year" "honors"
$class
[1] "data.frame"
$row.names
[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8# The class attribute
# Any of the following commands will display the contents of the "class" attribute.
class(gradebook) # "data.frame"[1] "data.frame"attr(gradebook, "class") # same thing[1] "data.frame"attributes(gradebook)$class # same thing[1] "data.frame"# The names attribute - contains the names of the columns
# Any of the following commands will display the contents of the "names" attribute.
names(gradebook) # "student" "test1" "test2" "year" "honors" [1] "student" "test1" "test2" "year" "honors" colnames(gradebook) # same thing[1] "student" "test1" "test2" "year" "honors" attr(gradebook, "names") # same thing[1] "student" "test1" "test2" "year" "honors" attributes(gradebook)$names # same thing[1] "student" "test1" "test2" "year" "honors" # The row.names attribute - contains the names of the rows
# Any of the following commands will display the contents of the "row.names" attribute.
#
# NOTE that there is both a "row.names" and a "rownames" function.
# They return the same value. If you're curious about why both exist and which
# is preferable to use (ie. row.names) see the link below.
#
# ALSO NOTE, that while there is a row.names function, there is no
# col.names function, only colnames.
#
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38466276/why-is-row-names-preferred-over-rownames/39179031
row.names(gradebook) # (as a character vector) - "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" "7" "8"[1] "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" "7" "8"rownames(gradebook) # same thing (as a character vector)[1] "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" "7" "8"attr(gradebook, "row.names") # actual value of the row.names attribute (by default these are integers)[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8attributes(gradebook)$row.names # same thing[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 830.3 Some useful functions: nrow, ncol, head, tail, class, length, etc.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Other functions you can use with dataframes
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSEnrow(gradebook) # number of rows[1] 8ncol(gradebook) # number of columns[1] 5head(gradebook, 2) # show just the first 2 rows (or any other number) student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSEtail(gradebook, 2) # show just the last 2 rows (or any other number) student test1 test2 year honors
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSE#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# You can see that the dataframe is actually a list by removing the
# class attribute.
#
# This will stop the list from being a dataframe.
# When it is displayed it will look just like a plain list.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
gradebook # displayed in rows and columns student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSEclass(gradebook) # "data.frame"[1] "data.frame"# either of the following lines will do the same thing ..
gradebook = unclass(gradebook) # remove the class attribute
attr(gradebook, "class") = NULL # this does the same thing
attributes(gradebook) # "class" is gone!$names
[1] "student" "test1" "test2" "year" "honors"
$row.names
[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8# Now you can see that the gradebook is no longer a dataframe
gradebook # displayed as a regular "list"$student
[1] "joe" "sue" "sam" "anne" "bob" "carla" "dana" "david"
$test1
[1] 70 80 90 75 85 95 100 60
$test2
[1] 81 77 88 87 91 92 99 73
$year
[1] fr fr so so fr se so so
Levels: fr < so < ju < se
$honors
[1] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE TRUE FALSE
attr(,"row.names")
[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8class(gradebook) # "list"[1] "list"# Let's put back the class attribute and we'll see that it once again
# is a dataframe
class(gradebook) = "data.frame"
gradebook # once again it is a dataframe student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSEclass(gradebook) # "data.frame"[1] "data.frame"############################################################################
# The "list" features of a dataframe.
#
# Because a dataframe is a list, all the features of lists
# also work for dataframes. The following all work because a dataframe
# is a list.
############################################################################
length(gradebook) # the number of columns - same as ncol(gradebook)[1] 5ncol(gradebook) # same thing[1] 5#..............................................................................
# unlist - i.e. retrieve all the values in the dataframe in one large named vector
#..............................................................................
vec = unlist(gradebook) # put the entire contents of the dataframe in a single named vector
vecstudent1 student2 student3 student4 student5 student6 student7 student8
"joe" "sue" "sam" "anne" "bob" "carla" "dana" "david"
test11 test12 test13 test14 test15 test16 test17 test18
"70" "80" "90" "75" "85" "95" "100" "60"
test21 test22 test23 test24 test25 test26 test27 test28
"81" "77" "88" "87" "91" "92" "99" "73"
year1 year2 year3 year4 year5 year6 year7 year8
"1" "1" "2" "2" "1" "4" "2" "2"
honors1 honors2 honors3 honors4 honors5 honors6 honors7 honors8
"FALSE" "FALSE" "FALSE" "FALSE" "FALSE" "TRUE" "TRUE" "FALSE" #. . . . . . . . . . . . .
# using the unlisted data
#. . . . . . . . . . . . .
mode(vec) # "character" - the exact mode will depend on the implicit conversion rules[1] "character"class(vec) # "character" [1] "character"names(vec) # just the names of the named vector [1] "student1" "student2" "student3" "student4" "student5" "student6"
[7] "student7" "student8" "test11" "test12" "test13" "test14"
[13] "test15" "test16" "test17" "test18" "test21" "test22"
[19] "test23" "test24" "test25" "test26" "test27" "test28"
[25] "year1" "year2" "year3" "year4" "year5" "year6"
[31] "year7" "year8" "honors1" "honors2" "honors3" "honors4"
[37] "honors5" "honors6" "honors7" "honors8" names(vec) = NULL # get rid of the names
vec # just the data without the names [1] "joe" "sue" "sam" "anne" "bob" "carla" "dana" "david" "70"
[10] "80" "90" "75" "85" "95" "100" "60" "81" "77"
[19] "88" "87" "91" "92" "99" "73" "1" "1" "2"
[28] "2" "1" "4" "2" "2" "FALSE" "FALSE" "FALSE" "FALSE"
[37] "FALSE" "TRUE" "TRUE" "FALSE"#............................................................
# Retrieve specific columns with [single-bracket] notation.
# This will return a smaller dataframe (ie. list) with just those columns.
#
# ** This all works because a dataframe IS A LIST **
#............................................................
# single brackets (with one vector inside the [brackets])
# will return just the columns that you request.
# You can use any of the methods to request the columns that you can use
# with a named list, i.e. a vector that contains
# - position numbers
# - negative position numbers
# - TRUE FALSE values
# - names of items in the list (i.e. the column names)
gradebook[1] # a dataframe that contains just the 1st column student
1 joe
2 sue
3 sam
4 anne
5 bob
6 carla
7 dana
8 davidgradebook[c(1,3)] # items 1 and 3 from list - i.e. 1st and 3rd columns student test2
1 joe 81
2 sue 77
3 sam 88
4 anne 87
5 bob 91
6 carla 92
7 dana 99
8 david 73gradebook[c(-2,-4,-5)] # everything EXCEPT for columns 2,4,5 - i.e. same result student test2
1 joe 81
2 sue 77
3 sam 88
4 anne 87
5 bob 91
6 carla 92
7 dana 99
8 david 73gradebook[c(TRUE,FALSE,TRUE,FALSE,FALSE)] # same result student test2
1 joe 81
2 sue 77
3 sam 88
4 anne 87
5 bob 91
6 carla 92
7 dana 99
8 david 73gradebook[c("student","test2")] # items named "student" and "test2" from the list student test2
1 joe 81
2 sue 77
3 sam 88
4 anne 87
5 bob 91
6 carla 92
7 dana 99
8 david 73# The recycling rule also works for indexing with logical vectors
gradebook[c(TRUE,FALSE)] # every other column starting with the 1st student test2 honors
1 joe 81 FALSE
2 sue 77 FALSE
3 sam 88 FALSE
4 anne 87 FALSE
5 bob 91 FALSE
6 carla 92 TRUE
7 dana 99 TRUE
8 david 73 FALSE#.............................................................................
# Retrieve specific columns with $dollar-sign-notation.
# This returns a VECTOR (i.e. the actual contents of what's in the list)
#
# ** This all works because a dataframe IS A LIST **
#.............................................................................
gradebook$student # "joe" "sue" "sam" "anne" "bob" "carla" "dana" "david"[1] "joe" "sue" "sam" "anne" "bob" "carla" "dana" "david"class(gradebook$student) # "character" ( NOT "data.frame" )[1] "character"gradebook$test1 # 70 80 90 75 85 95 100 60[1] 70 80 90 75 85 95 100 60class(gradebook$test1) # "numeric" ( NOT "data.frame" )[1] "numeric"#.............................................................................
# Retrieve specific columns with [[double-bracket]] notation.
# Same as using $dollar-sign-notation.
# This returns a VECTOR (i.e. the actual contents of what's in the list)
#
# ** This all works because a dataframe IS A LIST **
#.............................................................................
gradebook[[1]] # Just 1st column AS A VECTOR, (same as gradebook$student) - "joe" "sue" etc ...[1] "joe" "sue" "sam" "anne" "bob" "carla" "dana" "david"gradebook[[2]] # Just 2nd column AS A VECTOR, (same as gradebook$test1) - 70 80 90 etc ...[1] 70 80 90 75 85 95 100 6030.4 Since a dataframe is a list of vectors, you can do all the following using list concepts …
##############################################################################.
# A dataframe is a "list" of parallel vectors ...
#
# Since a dataframe is a "list", any technique that works with
# lists also works with dataframes. If you understand how to use lists
# then you already understand how to use many of the features of dataframes
# since **a dataframe IS A LIST. The following topics do not introduce
# any new concepts. The following topics simply show how to apply
# your knowledge of mainipulating lists directly to dataframes.
##############################################################################.Using lapply with a dataframe
#.............................................................................
# You can use lapply with a dataframe just as you'd use lapply with a simple list.
#
# lapply will apply a function to each column of the gradebook (i.e. to each item in the list).
# lapply returns a list of the results of running the function on each different column.
#
# ** This all works because a dataframe IS A LIST **
#.............................................................................
lapply(gradebook, mode) # a list of the mode of each column$student
[1] "character"
$test1
[1] "numeric"
$test2
[1] "numeric"
$year
[1] "numeric"
$honors
[1] "logical"lapply(gradebook, class) # a list of the class of each column (notice that year is a factor)$student
[1] "character"
$test1
[1] "numeric"
$test2
[1] "numeric"
$year
[1] "ordered" "factor"
$honors
[1] "logical"lapply(gradebook, max) # a list of the max value from each column$student
[1] "sue"
$test1
[1] 100
$test2
[1] 99
$year
[1] se
Levels: fr < so < ju < se
$honors
[1] 1lapply(gradebook, summary) # a list with the results of the summary function for each column$student
Length Class Mode
8 character character
$test1
Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max.
60.00 73.75 82.50 81.88 91.25 100.00
$test2
Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max.
73.00 80.00 87.50 86.00 91.25 99.00
$year
fr so ju se
3 4 0 1
$honors
Mode FALSE TRUE
logical 6 2 # You can also call summary directly on the dataframe
#
# Remember that summary is a generic function that has different versions (i.e. methods)
# for different classes of data.
summary(gradebook) # This automatically calls summary.data.frame(gradebook) student test1 test2 year honors
Length:8 Min. : 60.00 Min. :73.00 fr:3 Mode :logical
Class :character 1st Qu.: 73.75 1st Qu.:80.00 so:4 FALSE:6
Mode :character Median : 82.50 Median :87.50 ju:0 TRUE :2
Mean : 81.88 Mean :86.00 se:1
3rd Qu.: 91.25 3rd Qu.:91.25
Max. :100.00 Max. :99.00 summary.data.frame(gradebook) # REVIEW - same thing - this is not necessary - just call summary(gradebook) student test1 test2 year honors
Length:8 Min. : 60.00 Min. :73.00 fr:3 Mode :logical
Class :character 1st Qu.: 73.75 1st Qu.:80.00 so:4 FALSE:6
Mode :character Median : 82.50 Median :87.50 ju:0 TRUE :2
Mean : 81.88 Mean :86.00 se:1
3rd Qu.: 91.25 3rd Qu.:91.25
Max. :100.00 Max. :99.00 # The mean function will not work for character or factor columns
# Get a copy of the gradebook with just the test columns.
gradebook_justTests = gradebook[ colnames(gradebook) == "test1" | colnames(gradebook) == "test2"]
gradebook_justTests test1 test2
1 70 81
2 80 77
3 90 88
4 75 87
5 85 91
6 95 92
7 100 99
8 60 73# another way that assumes you know the positions of the columns
gradebook_justTests = gradebook[c(2,3)]
gradebook_justTests test1 test2
1 70 81
2 80 77
3 90 88
4 75 87
5 85 91
6 95 92
7 100 99
8 60 73lapply ( gradebook_justTests, mean)$test1
[1] 81.875
$test2
[1] 86# or all in one shot
lapply(gradebook[c(2,3)], mean)$test1
[1] 81.875
$test2
[1] 86#. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
# REMEMBER - You can also use custom functions with lapply.
#. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
# return largest two values in a vector
largestTwo = function(vec){
sort(vec)[c(length(vec)-1, length(vec))]
}
lapply(gradebook[c(2,3)], largestTwo) # highest two grades on both tests$test1
[1] 95 100
$test2
[1] 92 99# REMEMBER - You can also do it with an anonymous function
lapply(gradebook[c(2,3)], function(col) sort(col)[c(length(col)-1, length(col))] )$test1
[1] 95 100
$test2
[1] 92 99Removing columns from a dataframe (same as removing items from a list)
#............................................................
# Remove columns from a dataframe
#............................................................
# You can remove columns from a dataframe by setting the column value to NULL
# (just as you can remove an item from a list by setting the value to NULL) by
# using $dollar-sign-notation
# or [single-bracket-notation]
# or [[double-bracket-notation]]
#
# ** This all works because a dataframe IS A LIST **
#............................................................
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSE# any of the methods to refer to columns works
gradebook[[4]]= NULL # remove the 4th column (i.e. the year)
gradebook student test1 test2 honors
1 joe 70 81 FALSE
2 sue 80 77 FALSE
3 sam 90 88 FALSE
4 anne 75 87 FALSE
5 bob 85 91 FALSE
6 carla 95 92 TRUE
7 dana 100 99 TRUE
8 david 60 73 FALSEgradebook$honors = NULL # remove the honors column
gradebook student test1 test2
1 joe 70 81
2 sue 80 77
3 sam 90 88
4 anne 75 87
5 bob 85 91
6 carla 95 92
7 dana 100 99
8 david 60 73gradebook[c(2,3)] = NULL # remove the 2nd and 3rd columns
gradebook student
1 joe
2 sue
3 sam
4 anne
5 bob
6 carla
7 dana
8 david# let's recreate the gradebook
gradebook = data.frame(student = c("joe", "sue", "sam", "anne", "bob", "carla", "dana", "david"),
test1 = c(70, 80, 90, 75, 85, 95, 100, 60),
test2 = c(81, 77, 88, 87, 91, 92, 99, 73),
year = factor(c("fr", "fr", "so", "so", "fr", "se", "so", "so"),
ordered=TRUE, levels=c("fr","so","ju","se")),
honors = c(FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE),
stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSEAdding new columns to an already existing dataframe (same as adding vectors to a list)
#............................................................
# Add columns to a dataframe
#............................................................
# You can add columns to a dataframe by
# using $dollar-sign-notation
# or [single-bracket-notation]
# or [[double-bracket-notation]]
#
# ** This all works because a dataframe IS A LIST **
#............................................................
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSEncol(gradebook)[1] 5# Add test3 as c(70,80,90,60,70,80,90,100)
# using $dollar-sign-notation
gradebook$test3 = c(70,80,90,60,70,80,90,100)
ncol(gradebook) # we added a column[1] 6gradebook # the new column is there and it is named "test3" student test1 test2 year honors test3
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE 70
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE 80
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE 90
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE 60
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE 70
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE 80
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE 90
8 david 60 73 so FALSE 100# Add test4
# using double bracket notation
gradebook[[7]] = c(74,84,94,64,74,84,94,99)
ncol(gradebook) # we added a column[1] 7gradebook # name of new column is "V7" - not exactly what we want student test1 test2 year honors test3 V7
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE 70 74
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE 80 84
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE 90 94
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE 60 64
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE 70 74
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE 80 84
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE 90 94
8 david 60 73 so FALSE 100 99names(gradebook)[7] = "test4" # change the name to test4
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors test3 test4
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE 70 74
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE 80 84
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE 90 94
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE 60 64
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE 70 74
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE 80 84
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE 90 94
8 david 60 73 so FALSE 100 99# Add test5
# using single bracket notation
gradebook[8] = c(75, 85,95,65,75,85,95,98)
ncol(gradebook)[1] 8gradebook student test1 test2 year honors test3 test4 V8
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE 70 74 75
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE 80 84 85
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE 90 94 95
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE 60 64 65
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE 70 74 75
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE 80 84 85
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE 90 94 95
8 david 60 73 so FALSE 100 99 98# change the name of the last column
names(gradebook)[ncol(gradebook)] = "test5" # change the name of the last column
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors test3 test4 test5
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE 70 74 75
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE 80 84 85
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE 90 94 95
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE 60 64 65
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE 70 74 75
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE 80 84 85
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE 90 94 95
8 david 60 73 so FALSE 100 99 9830.5 Replace columns with other columns (same as replacing items in a list with other items)
#............................................................
# Replace columns in a dataframe
#
# You can replace a column in a dataframe with a different column (ie. vector)
# by using $dollar-sign-notation
# or using [[double-bracket-notation]]
#
# ** This all works because a dataframe IS A LIST **
#............................................................
# replace the test5 column with lastName
#
# you can use [single-bracket-notation]
# or [[double-bracket-notation]]
# or $dollar-sign-notation
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors test3 test4 test5
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE 70 74 75
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE 80 84 85
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE 90 94 95
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE 60 64 65
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE 70 74 75
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE 80 84 85
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE 90 94 95
8 david 60 73 so FALSE 100 99 98ncol(gradebook) [1] 8gradebook[8] = c("schwartz", "rosen", "aames", "chill", "jones", "fox", "katz", "cohen")
# The following alternatives would have accomplished the same thing as
# the line of code above.
#
# # [[double-brackets]]
# gradebook[[8]] = c("schwartz", "rosen", "aames", "chill", "jones", "fox", "katz", "cohen")
#
# # $dollar-sign-notation
# gradebook$test5 = c("schwartz", "rosen", "aames", "chill", "jones", "fox", "katz", "cohen")
gradebook # the column name was not changed. It is still "test5" student test1 test2 year honors test3 test4 test5
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE 70 74 schwartz
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE 80 84 rosen
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE 90 94 aames
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE 60 64 chill
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE 70 74 jones
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE 80 84 fox
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE 90 94 katz
8 david 60 73 so FALSE 100 99 cohennames(gradebook)[8] = "lastName" # change the name of the 8th column
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors test3 test4 lastName
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE 70 74 schwartz
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE 80 84 rosen
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE 90 94 aames
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE 60 64 chill
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE 70 74 jones
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE 80 84 fox
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE 90 94 katz
8 david 60 73 so FALSE 100 99 cohen30.6 Rearrange the order of the columns (same as rearranging the items in a list)
#............................................................
# Rearrange the order of columns in a dataframe
#
# You can rearrange the order of columns in a dataframe by
# using [single-bracket-notation].
#
# ** This all works because a dataframe IS A LIST **
#............................................................
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors test3 test4 lastName
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE 70 74 schwartz
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE 80 84 rosen
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE 90 94 aames
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE 60 64 chill
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE 70 74 jones
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE 80 84 fox
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE 90 94 katz
8 david 60 73 so FALSE 100 99 cohenncol(gradebook)[1] 8# Rearrange the gradebook so firstName and lastName are grouped together
# and all tests are grouped together.
#
# Either of the following will work
gradebook = gradebook[ c(1,8,2,3,6,7,4,5) ]
gradebook student lastName test1 test2 test3 test4 year honors
1 joe schwartz 70 81 70 74 fr FALSE
2 sue rosen 80 77 80 84 fr FALSE
3 sam aames 90 88 90 94 so FALSE
4 anne chill 75 87 60 64 so FALSE
5 bob jones 85 91 70 74 fr FALSE
6 carla fox 95 92 80 84 se TRUE
7 dana katz 100 99 90 94 so TRUE
8 david cohen 60 73 100 99 so FALSE# Reorder thew columns again - this time using a different notation
gradebook = gradebook[ c("student", "lastName", "year", "honors", "test1", "test2", "test3", "test4") ]
gradebook student lastName year honors test1 test2 test3 test4
1 joe schwartz fr FALSE 70 81 70 74
2 sue rosen fr FALSE 80 77 80 84
3 sam aames so FALSE 90 88 90 94
4 anne chill so FALSE 75 87 60 64
5 bob jones fr FALSE 85 91 70 74
6 carla fox se TRUE 95 92 80 84
7 dana katz so TRUE 100 99 90 94
8 david cohen so FALSE 60 73 100 9930.7 Refer to specific rows and columns
###########################################################################.
# Dataframes vs matrices
#
# Dataframes and matrices are different types of objects.
# A matrix is actually a vector while a dataframe is actually a list.
# Therefore a matrix is limited to a single mode of data (e.g. numeric,
# logical or character). However, a dataframe can have columns of
# different modes.
#
# However, dataframes and matrices are similar in that they both arrange
# their data in rows and columns. Therefore the syntax for manipulating
# the data by specifying specific rows and columns is basically the
# same syntax for dataframes as for matrices.
# If you understand how to access data from specific rows/columns in
# in a matrix, the same techniques are available for dataframes.
#########################################################################.Access data in specific rows and columns (same syntax as for matrices)
###############################################################################
###############################################################################
## Additional features of dataframes that are not available with simple "lists"
##
## You can access specific ROWS and COLUMNS in the same way as is
## done with matrices.
###############################################################################
###############################################################################
rm(list=ls() ) # start over
gradebook = data.frame(student = c("joe", "sue", "sam", "anne", "bob", "carla", "dana", "david"),
test1 = c(70, 80, 90, 75, 85, 95, 100, 60),
test2 = c(81, 77, 88, 87, 91, 92, 99, 73),
year = factor(c("fr", "fr", "so", "so", "fr", "se", "so", "so"),
ordered=TRUE, levels=c("fr","so","ju","se")),
honors = c(FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE),
stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSE# If you specify TWO vectors in [single-brackets], then
# the 1st vector indicates the ROWS you want and
# the 2nd vector indicates the COLUMNS you want.
# Examples:
gradebook [ c(1,2) , c(1,2,3)] # rows: 1,2 columns: 1,2,3 student test1 test2
1 joe 70 81
2 sue 80 77gradebook [ c(TRUE,FALSE) , c(-2,-3)] # rows: every other, cols: all except 2 and 3 student year honors
1 joe fr FALSE
3 sam so FALSE
5 bob fr FALSE
7 dana so TRUEgradebook [ c(-2,-3) , c("student", "year")] # rows: all except 2 and 3; columns: student, year student year
1 joe fr
4 anne so
5 bob fr
6 carla se
7 dana so
8 david so# If the rows are NOT specified but the comma (,) is present it implies ALL rows
gradebook [ , c(1,2)] # rows: all , columns: 1,2 student test1
1 joe 70
2 sue 80
3 sam 90
4 anne 75
5 bob 85
6 carla 95
7 dana 100
8 david 60gradebook [ c(1,2) ] # same as above BECAUSE no comma means only specify columns student test1
1 joe 70
2 sue 80
3 sam 90
4 anne 75
5 bob 85
6 carla 95
7 dana 100
8 david 60# If the columns are NOT specified but the comma (,) is present it implies ALL columns
gradebook [ c(1,2) , ] # rows: 1,2 columns: all student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE#.............................................................................
# Using ROW names
#.............................................................................
# row names can have actual values instead of just numbers
#.............................................................................
# Recall that we can use column names to indicate columns.
gradebook [ , c("student","honors")] # all rows, just "student" and "honors" cols student honors
1 joe FALSE
2 sue FALSE
3 sam FALSE
4 anne FALSE
5 bob FALSE
6 carla TRUE
7 dana TRUE
8 david FALSE# Rows can also have names can have actual values instead of just numbers
# For example the following version of the dataframe uses the student names
# as the row names. This is not necessarily recommended ... but it is possible.
gradebookWithRownames =
data.frame(test1 = c(70, 80, 90, 75, 85, 95, 100, 60),
test2 = c(81, 77, 88, 87, 91, 92, 99, 73),
year = factor(c("fr", "fr", "so", "so", "fr", "se", "so", "so"),
ordered=TRUE, levels=c("fr","so","ju","se")),
honors = c(FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE),
row.names = c("joe", "sue", "sam", "anne", "bob", "carla", "dana", "david"),
stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
gradebookWithRownames # in this version the student names are the row names and are not an actual column of data test1 test2 year honors
joe 70 81 fr FALSE
sue 80 77 fr FALSE
sam 90 88 so FALSE
anne 75 87 so FALSE
bob 85 91 fr FALSE
carla 95 92 se TRUE
dana 100 99 so TRUE
david 60 73 so FALSEncol(gradebookWithRownames) # only 4 columns - student names are no longer a column[1] 4gradebook # in this version the student names are a separate column student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 90 88 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSEncol(gradebook) # 5 columns - student names ARE a column of data[1] 5# you can use the row names to access data too
gradebookWithRownames[c("joe","sam") , ] # just rows for joe and sam, all columns test1 test2 year honors
joe 70 81 fr FALSE
sam 90 88 so FALSEgradebookWithRownames[c(1,2) , ] # same thing, we're just using row numbers instead of names test1 test2 year honors
joe 70 81 fr FALSE
sue 80 77 fr FALSEgradebookWithRownames[c("joe","sam") , c("test2","year")] # rows: joe, sam columns: test2, year test2 year
joe 81 fr
sam 88 so# You use different indexing methods for the rows and for the cols
gradebookWithRownames[c("joe","sam") , c(2,3)] # rows: joe, sam columns: 2,3 test2 year
joe 81 fr
sam 88 sorownames(gradebookWithRownames)[1] "joe" "sue" "sam" "anne" "bob" "carla" "dana" "david"row.names(gradebookWithRownames)[1] "joe" "sue" "sam" "anne" "bob" "carla" "dana" "david"Data from a SINGLE ROW is returned as a data.frame BUT data from a SINGLE COLUMN is returned as a VECTOR!
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Data from a SINGLE ROW is returned as a data.frame.
# Data from a SINGLE COLUMN is returned as a VECTOR!
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Data from a single row is returned as a dataframe.
# This should not be surprising.
gradebook[ 2 , ] # one row - result is a data.frame student test1 test2 year honors
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSEgradebook[ 2 , c(2,3) ] # one row - result is a data.frame test1 test2
2 80 77gradebook[ 2 , c("test1", "test2") ] # same thing test1 test2
2 80 77# Data from a single row is returned as a VECTOR!
gradebook[ , 2 ] # one column - result is a vector[1] 70 80 90 75 85 95 100 60gradebook[ , 2 , drop=FALSE] # one column - result is data.frame test1
1 70
2 80
3 90
4 75
5 85
6 95
7 100
8 60gradebook[ , "test2" ] # same thing[1] 81 77 88 87 91 92 99 73gradebook[ , "test2" , drop=FALSE] # one column - result is data.frame test2
1 81
2 77
3 88
4 87
5 91
6 92
7 99
8 73gradebook[ , c(2,3) ] # two columns - result is a data.frame test1 test2
1 70 81
2 80 77
3 90 88
4 75 87
5 85 91
6 95 92
7 100 99
8 60 73gradebook[ , c("test1", "test2") ] # same thing test1 test2
1 70 81
2 80 77
3 90 88
4 75 87
5 85 91
6 95 92
7 100 99
8 60 73gradebook[ gradebook$test1 >= 90 , 2 ] # Data from a single column - VECTOR![1] 90 95 100# Show the year for the students who got above a 90 on test1
gradebook[ gradebook$test1 >= 90 , 4 ] [1] so se so
Levels: fr < so < ju < se# another way
gradebook[ gradebook$test1 >= 90 , "year" ] [1] so se so
Levels: fr < so < ju < se30.8 — Practice —
###########################################################################
###########################################################################
## Practice questions
###########################################################################
###########################################################################
# Use the following data
rm(list=ls() ) # start over
gradebook = data.frame(student = c("joe", "sue", "sam", "anne", "bob", "carla", "dana", "david"),
test1 = c(70, 80, 70, 75, 85, 95, 100, 60),
test2 = c(81, 77, 60, 87, 91, 92, 99, 73),
year = factor(c("fr", "fr", "so", "so", "fr", "se", "so", "so"),
ordered=TRUE, levels=c("fr","so","ju","se")),
honors = c(FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE),
stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 70 60 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSE#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# QUESTION
# PART A - show the average grade on test1
# PART B - show the average grade that sophomores got on test1
# PART C - Show the names for the students who scored above average on test1
# PART D - Show the rows for the students who scored above average on test1
# PART E - Show just the student names and test1 grades for students who scored above average on test1
# PART F - Show the rows for the students who scored above average on test1 and on test2
# PART G - Show the rows for the freshmen and sophomores who scored above average on test1 and on test2
# PART H - Show the complete rows for "sue" and "bob". Write the code so that
# you do NOT need to know in which position the desired students appear.
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# PART A - show the average grade on test1
mean(gradebook[ , "test1"])[1] 79.375mean(gradebook[ , 2])[1] 79.375mean(gradebook[[2]])[1] 79.375mean(gradebook$test1)[1] 79.375# new question
# Show just the data for sophomores test1 as a vector
gradebook [ gradebook$year == "so" , "test1" ] [1] 70 75 100 60# PART B - show the average grade that sophomores got on test1
mean ( gradebook$test1[ gradebook$year == "so" ] )[1] 76.25mean ( gradebook [ gradebook$year == "so" , "test1" ] )[1] 76.25# PART C - Show the names for the students who scored above average on test1
gradebook$student [ gradebook$test1 > mean(gradebook$test1) ][1] "sue" "bob" "carla" "dana" gradebook [ gradebook$test1 > mean(gradebook$test1) , "student" ][1] "sue" "bob" "carla" "dana" # PART D - Show the rows for the students who scored above average on test1
gradebook [ gradebook$test1 > mean(gradebook$test1) , ] student test1 test2 year honors
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE# PART E - Show just the student names and test1 grades for students who scored above average on test1
gradebook [ gradebook$test1 > mean(gradebook$test1) , c("student", "test1") ] student test1
2 sue 80
5 bob 85
6 carla 95
7 dana 100# PART F - Show the rows for the students who scored above average on test1 and on test2
gradebook [ gradebook$test1 > mean(gradebook$test1) &
gradebook$test2 > mean(gradebook$test2)
, ] student test1 test2 year honors
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE# PART G - Show the rows for the freshmen and sophomores who scored above average on test1 and on test2
gradebook [ gradebook$test1 > mean(gradebook$test1) &
gradebook$test2 > mean(gradebook$test2) &
(gradebook$year == "fr" | gradebook$year == "so")
, ] student test1 test2 year honors
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE# More practice questions
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# QUESTION
#
# Show the complete rows for "sue" and "bob". Write the code so that
# you do NOT need to know in which position the desired students appear.
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# One answer
gradebook [ gradebook$student %in% c("sue", "bob") , ] # don't forget the comma student test1 test2 year honors
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE# Another answer:
gradebook[gradebook$student=="sue"|gradebook$student=="bob" , ] # don't forget the comma student test1 test2 year honors
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# QUESTION
#
# PART A - Show just carla's grade on test1.
# (Write the code in a way that you do NOT need to know which row).
#
# PART B - Add 1 point to carla's grade on test1.
# (Write the code in a way that you do NOT need to know which row
# contains carla's data).
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# PART A - Show just carla's grade on test1.
# (Write the code in a way that you do NOT need to know which row).
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 70 60 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSEgradebook[ gradebook$student == "carla" , "test1"][1] 95# PART B - Add 1 point to carla's grade on test1.
# (Write the code in a way that you do NOT need to know which row
# contains carla's data).
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 70 60 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSEgradebook[ gradebook$student == "carla" , "test1"] =
gradebook[ gradebook$student == "carla" , "test1"] + 1
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 70 60 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 96 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSE#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# QUESTION
#
# Add 2 points to the test1 grades for all freshmen (year == "fr")
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 70 60 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 96 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSEgradebook [ gradebook$year == "fr", "test1" ] =
gradebook [ gradebook$year == "fr", "test1" ] + 2
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 72 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 82 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 70 60 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 87 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 96 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSE#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# QUESTION
#
# PART A - Display the complete rows for all sophomores who scored at least
# 5 points below average on test1 and on test2
#
# PART B - Display JUST the test1 and test2 grades of those students.
#
# PART C - Add 2 points to the test1 and test2 grades of those students.
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 72 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 82 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 70 60 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 87 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 96 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSE# PART A - Display the complete rows for all sophomores who scored at least
# 5 points below average on test1 and on test2
gradebook[ gradebook$year == "so" &
gradebook$test1 <= mean(gradebook$test1) - 5 &
gradebook$test2 <= mean(gradebook$test2) - 5
, ] student test1 test2 year honors
3 sam 70 60 so FALSE
8 david 60 73 so FALSE# PART B - Display JUST the test1 and test2 grades of those students.
gradebook[ gradebook$year == "so" &
gradebook$test1 <= mean(gradebook$test1) - 5 &
gradebook$test2 <= mean(gradebook$test2) - 5
, c("test1", "test2")] test1 test2
3 70 60
8 60 73# PART C - Add 2 points to the test1 and test2 grades of those students.
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 72 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 82 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 70 60 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 87 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 96 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 60 73 so FALSEgradebook[ gradebook$year == "so" &
gradebook$test1 <= mean(gradebook$test1) - 5 &
gradebook$test2 <= mean(gradebook$test2) - 5
, c("test1", "test2")] =
2 + gradebook[ gradebook$year == "so" &
gradebook$test1 <= mean(gradebook$test1) - 5 &
gradebook$test2 <= mean(gradebook$test2) - 5
, c("test1", "test2")]
gradebook student test1 test2 year honors
1 joe 72 81 fr FALSE
2 sue 82 77 fr FALSE
3 sam 72 62 so FALSE
4 anne 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob 87 91 fr FALSE
6 carla 96 92 se TRUE
7 dana 100 99 so TRUE
8 david 62 75 so FALSE#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# stringsAsFactors=FALSE or stringsAsFactors=TRUE
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
rm(list = ls() ) # start over from scratch
# The data.frame function contains an argument named stringsAsFactors
# that is expected to be TRUE or FALSE. The default value is TRUE.
# (see the documentation for data.frame, i.e. ?data.frame)
#
#
# WHAT IS A STRING???
#
# Don't get confused by the word "string". The term "string" means the same
# thing as "an element of a character vector". The term "string" is used a LOT
# in other languages, e.g. Java, Python, etc. instead
# of what we call an element of a "character vector". The word seeped into
# R in a few places. One of them is in the name of the argument
# ?stringsAsFactors = FALSE. Perhaps a better name for this argument
# could have been charactersAsFactors but that's not what it is.
#
# Are you curious about why an element of a character vector is known
# as a "string" in many other languages? The word string comes from
# "stringing together many individual 'characters',
# e.g. 'a' and 'p' and 'p' and 'p' and 'l' and 'e' can be strung together
# like a string of beads on a necklace to make a single
# "string of characters" e.g. "apple".
#
#
#
# WHAT DOES stringsAsFactors=FALSE DO ?
#
# By default, if you create a dataframe using character vectors, the
# character vectors will be converted into factors before they are stored in the
# dataframe. If that is not what you want then you can specify
# stringsAsFactors = FALSE
# EXAMPLE : stringsAsFactors = TRUE
# (this is the default if you don't specify anything for stringsAsFactors)
gradebook_fact = data.frame(first = c("joe", "sue", "sam", "anne", "bob", "carla", "dana", "david"),
last = c("baker", "jones", "smith", "fox", "cohen", "jones", "schwartz", "rosen"),
test1 = c(70, 80, 90, 75, 85, 95, 100, 60),
test2 = c(81, 77, 88, 87, 91, 92, 99, 73),
year = c("fr", "fr", "so", "so", "fr", "se", "so", "se"),
honors = c(FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE),
stringsAsFactors = TRUE) # THIS IS THE DEFAULT IF YOU DONT SPECIFY ANYTHING
gradebook_fact first last test1 test2 year honors
1 joe baker 70 81 fr FALSE
2 sue jones 80 77 fr FALSE
3 sam smith 90 88 so FALSE
4 anne fox 75 87 so FALSE
5 bob cohen 85 91 fr FALSE
6 carla jones 95 92 se TRUE
7 dana schwartz 100 99 so TRUE
8 david rosen 60 73 se FALSE# character vectors were converted to factors in the dataframe
class(gradebook_fact$first) [1] "factor"class(gradebook_fact$last)[1] "factor"class(gradebook_fact$year)[1] "factor"summary(gradebook_fact$first) anne bob carla dana david joe sam sue
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 summary(gradebook_fact$last) baker cohen fox jones rosen schwartz smith
1 1 1 2 1 1 1 summary(gradebook_fact$year)fr se so
3 2 3 # EXAMPLE : stringsAsFactors = FALSE
gradebook_char = data.frame(first = c("joe", "sue", "sam", "anne", "bob", "carla", "dana", "david"),
last = c("baker", "jones", "smith", "fox", "cohen", "jones", "schwartz", "rosen"),
test1 = c(70, 80, 90, 75, 85, 95, 100, 60),
test2 = c(81, 77, 88, 87, 91, 92, 99, 73),
year = c("fr", "fr", "so", "so", "fr", "se", "so", "se"),
honors = c(FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE),
stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
# character vectors were NOT converted to factors in the dataframe
class(gradebook_char$first)[1] "character"class(gradebook_char$last)[1] "character"class(gradebook_char$year)[1] "character"summary(gradebook_char$first) Length Class Mode
8 character character summary(gradebook_char$last) Length Class Mode
8 character character summary(gradebook_char$year) Length Class Mode
8 character character # QUESTION
#
# In the gradebook_char variable we created above, the year is a character
# vector but it should be a factor. Create a new variable named
# gradebook, that changes the year column into a factor. You should
# NOT use the data.frame function at all. Rather replace the year
# column from gradebook_char with a factor that has the same data.
# QUESTION
#
# In the gradebook_fact variable we created above, the first and last
# name columns are factor columns. However, they should NOT be factors.
# Create a new variable named gradebook, that changes the
# first and last columns into character vectors. You should
# NOT use the data.frame function at all. Rather replace the
# first and last columns from gradebook_fact with a charcter vectors
# that have the same data.30.9 Importing a CSV file into an R data.frame variable
############################################################################
############################################################################
##
## importing a CSV file into an R data.frame variable
##
############################################################################
############################################################################
# CSV stands for "comma separated values".
#
# A CSV file contains data that is is intended to be arranged
# in rows and columns (similar to an Excel file). Hoewver, in the
# CSV file itself, the data is not lined up in columns. Rather
# commas separate the data that should go in different columns.
#
# Each row of the data is a line in the CSV file.
# Each value in a line is separated from the other values by commas.
#
# EXAMPLE: The following could be the contents of a CSV file.
#
# student,year,gender,test1,test2,final,honors
# joe,so,m,100,100,89,TRUE
# sam,so,m,95,93,missing,FALSE
# sue,fr,f,80,66,68,FALSE
# al,fr,m,59,52,42.5,FALSE
# alice,fr,f,85,missing,missing,TRUE
# anne,se,f,75,65,76,FALSE
# bertha,se,f,65,58,62.5,FALSE
# charlie,so,m,86,84,93,FALSE
# david,so,m,78,82,88,TRUE
# edgar,fr,m,64,68,60,FALSE
# lou,ju,m,83,78,92.5,FALSE
# francine,ju,f,90,91,79.5,FALSE
# dan,ju,m,83,69,93,TRUE
# daniella,se,f,96,100,100,FALSE
# sarah,ju,f,80,68,78,FALSE
# rebecca,so,f,77,83,75,FALSE
# rachel,ju,f,80,82,86,TRUE
# deborah,fr,f,95,100,100,FALSE
# import the file grades.csv
# - press "Import Dataset" button in Environment window
# - choose "From Text (base)"
# - choose the file
# - fill in the following values:
# o Name : the name of the variable that will hold your data
# o Heading: choose "yes" if the data has column heading (otherwise, choose "no")
# o Separator: for csv files choose "comma" (you can choose other types of separators based on the data in the file)
# o na.strings: choose the value in the file that indicates NA data
# o Strings as factors: for now make sure to UNcheck this - we will learn more about this later# - read.csv
#
# This will run the read.csv function and assign the result to the variable
# that you specified in the "Name" box. By default this will be the same name
# as the name of the file.
#
# RStudio will then run the View command to show the data in a tab in the
# "source window" in RStudio.
# Result of following the instructions above is that the following two
# commands will be excuted.
# - The 1st command creates a variable to hold the data.
# - The 2nd command displays the data in the source window.
#
# grades <- read.csv("C:/Users/Home/Desktop/grades.csv", header=FALSE, stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
# View(grades2)
#
# You can type these commands yourself but the RStudio interface makes it
# easier to remember exactly how to type the commands.
# Read the information from the file into the variable, grades.
#grades <- read.csv("C:/Users/Home/Desktop/grades.csv", header=TRUE, stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
grades <- read.csv("C:/Users/yrose/Dropbox (Personal)/website/yu/ids2030-busAnalyticsAndProgramming/77fall21-ids2030-busAnalyticsAndProgramming/classwork_and_hw/wilf-class18/grades.csv", header=TRUE, stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
grades student year gender test1 test2 final honors
1 joe so m 100 100 89 TRUE
2 sam so m 95 93 missing FALSE
3 sue fr f 80 66 68 FALSE
4 al fr m 59 52 42.5 FALSE
5 alice fr f 85 missing missing TRUE
6 anne se f 75 65 76 FALSE
7 bertha se f 65 58 62.5 FALSE
8 charlie so m 86 84 93 FALSE
9 david so m 78 82 88 TRUE
10 edgar fr m 64 68 60 FALSE
11 lou ju m 83 78 92.5 FALSE
12 francine ju f 90 91 79.5 FALSE
13 dan ju m 83 69 93 TRUE
14 daniella se f 96 100 100 FALSE
15 sarah ju f 80 68 78 FALSE
16 rebecca so f 77 83 75 FALSE
17 rachel ju f 80 82 86 TRUE
18 deborah fr f 95 100 100 FALSE# To view the data in RStudio's source window use the View function
View(grades)
# To view the data in the Console window, just type the name of the variable
grades student year gender test1 test2 final honors
1 joe so m 100 100 89 TRUE
2 sam so m 95 93 missing FALSE
3 sue fr f 80 66 68 FALSE
4 al fr m 59 52 42.5 FALSE
5 alice fr f 85 missing missing TRUE
6 anne se f 75 65 76 FALSE
7 bertha se f 65 58 62.5 FALSE
8 charlie so m 86 84 93 FALSE
9 david so m 78 82 88 TRUE
10 edgar fr m 64 68 60 FALSE
11 lou ju m 83 78 92.5 FALSE
12 francine ju f 90 91 79.5 FALSE
13 dan ju m 83 69 93 TRUE
14 daniella se f 96 100 100 FALSE
15 sarah ju f 80 68 78 FALSE
16 rebecca so f 77 83 75 FALSE
17 rachel ju f 80 82 86 TRUE
18 deborah fr f 95 100 100 FALSE30.10 Use the order function to sort the rows of a dataframe. DON’T USE THE sort FUNCTION
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# order function
#
# You can use the order function to put the rows of a dataframe in sorted
# "order" based on the contents of one or more columns.
#
#
#
# WARNING: DON'T USE sort
#
# The sort function will NOT help you to do this at all!!!
# sort only works for individual vectors!!!
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