Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Data = read.csv(xxx.csv)
summary(Data)
str(Data)
subset(datafilename, criterion)
write.csv(name of the dataset to be saved, name of
the file to be saved to)
E.g., write.csv(Europe, data_Europe.csv)
rm(variable name)
Computing statistics
Mean: mean(data$Under15)
Standard Deviation: sd(data$Under15)
Summary(data$Under15)
which.min(data$Under15)
data$Country[86]
which.max(data$Under15)
Subsetting Data
Selecting (Keeping) Variables
# select variables v1, v2, v3
myvars = c("v1", "v2", "v3")
newdata = mydata[myvars]
# another method
myvars = paste("v", 1:3, sep="")
newdata = mydata[myvars]
# select 1st and 5th thru 10th variables
newdata = mydata[c(1,5:10)]
Subsetting Data
Excluding (Dropping) Variables
# exclude variables v1, v2, v3
myvars = names(mydata) %in% c("v1", "v2", "v3")
newdata = mydata[!myvars]
Subsetting Data
Selecting Observations
# first 5 observerations
newdata = mydata[1:5,]
# or
attach(newdata)
newdata = mydata[ which(gender=='F' & age > 65),]
detach(newdata)
Subsetting Data
Selecting using the Subset Function
# using subset function
newdata = subset(mydata, age >= 20 | age < 10,
select=c(ID, Weight))