Techniques for Organizing Data
1. Data Frame Manipulation
Data frames are the primary data structure for organizing tabular data in R. You can create, subset, filter, and modify data frames to organize your data effectively. Here are some essential functions and techniques.
1. data.frame(): Create a data frame.
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# Creating a data framedata <- data.frame( Student = c("Alice", "Bob", "Charlie"), Age = c(25, 30, 22), Score = c(92, 88, 75))data |
Output:
Student Age Score
1 Alice 25 92
2 Bob 30 88
3 Charlie 22 75
2. subset(): Select rows and columns based on conditions.
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# Select rows where Age is greater than 24subset_data <- subset(data, Age > 24) subset_data |
Output:
Student Age Score
1 Alice 25 92
2 Bob 30 88
3. filter(): Filter rows based on conditions.
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# Filter rows where Score is greater than or equal to 90filtered_data <- filter(data, Score >= 90)filtered_data |
Output:
Student Age Score
1 Alice 25 92
4. select(): Choose specific columns.
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# Select only the Student and Age columnsselected_data <- select(data, Student, Age)selected_data |
Output:
Student Age
1 Alice 25
2 Bob 30
3 Charlie 22
5. mutate(): Create new variables.
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# Create a new variable 'Grade' based on Scoremutated_data <- mutate(data, Grade = ifelse(Score >= 90, "A", "B"))mutated_data |
Output:
Student Age Score Grade
1 Alice 25 92 A
2 Bob 30 88 B
3 Charlie 22 75 B
6. arrange(): Sort rows.
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# Sort the data by Score in descending ordersorted_data <- arrange(data, desc(Score))sorted_data |
Output:
Student Age Score
1 Alice 25 92
2 Bob 30 88
3 Charlie 22 75
7. group_by() and summarize(): Aggregate data by groups.
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# Group data by Grade and calculate average Age and Scoresummary_data <- mutated_data %>% group_by(Grade) %>% summarize(Avg_Age = mean(Age), Avg_Score = mean(Score))summary_data |
Output:
Grade Avg_Age Avg_Score
<chr> <dbl> <dbl>
1 A 25 92
2 B 26 81.5
8. merge(): Combine data frames based on common columns.
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# Create two data framesdf1 <- data.frame(ID = c(1, 2, 3), Value1 = c(10, 20, 30))df2 <- data.frame(ID = c(2, 3, 4), Value2 = c(5, 15, 25))# Merge the data frames based on the 'ID' columnmerged_data <- merge(df1, df2, by = "ID") |
Output:
ID Value1 Value2
1 2 20 5
2 3 30 15
Organising Data in R
Organizing data is a fundamental step in data analysis and manipulation, and R Programming Language provides a powerful set of tools and techniques to help you efficiently structure and manage your data. Whether you’re working with small datasets or massive datasets, understanding how to organize your data effectively is crucial for data analysis, visualization, and modeling. In this article, we will explore various methods and holding for organizing data.
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