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Data Analysis with R

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Data is everywhere and so much of it is unexplored. Learn how to investigate and summarize data sets using R and eventually create your own analysis.

Data is everywhere and so much of it is unexplored. Learn how to investigate and summarize data sets using R and eventually create your own analysis.

Last Updated March 4, 2022

Prerequisites:

No experience required

Course Lessons

Lesson 1

What is EDA?

Learn about what exploratory data analysis (EDA) is and why it is important.

Lesson 2

R Basics

Install RStudio and packages, learn the layout and basic commands of R, practice writing basic R scripts, and inspect data sets.

Lesson 3

Explore One Variable

Learn how to quantify and visualize individual variables within a data set using histograms, boxplots, and transforms.

Lesson 4

Problem Set: Explore One Variable

Practice using R functions and univariate visualizations to explore and understand individual variables.

Lesson 5

Explore Two Variables

Learn techniques for exploring the relationship between any two variables in a data set, including scatter plots, line plots, and correlations.

Lesson 6

Problem Set: Explore Two Variables

Practice using bivariate exploration techniques to explore relationships between variables.

Lesson 7

Explore Many Variables

Learn powerful methods for examining relationships among multiple variables, and find out how to reshape your data.

Lesson 8

Problem Set: Explore Many Variables

Practice using multivariate exploration techniques to look at more complicated relationships between multiple variables.

Lesson 9

Diamonds & Price Predictions

Put it all together in this case study where we investigate the diamonds data set alongside Facebook Data Scientist, Solomon Messing.

Lesson 10

Final Project

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Moira Burke

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Chris Saden

Instructor

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Solomon Messing

Instructor

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Dean Eckles

Instructor

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