Lesson 1
What is EDA?
Learn about what exploratory data analysis (EDA) is and why it is important.
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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
Lesson 1
Learn about what exploratory data analysis (EDA) is and why it is important.
Lesson 2
Install RStudio and packages, learn the layout and basic commands of R, practice writing basic R scripts, and inspect data sets.
Lesson 3
Learn how to quantify and visualize individual variables within a data set using histograms, boxplots, and transforms.
Lesson 4
Practice using R functions and univariate visualizations to explore and understand individual variables.
Lesson 5
Learn techniques for exploring the relationship between any two variables in a data set, including scatter plots, line plots, and correlations.
Lesson 6
Practice using bivariate exploration techniques to explore relationships between variables.
Lesson 7
Learn powerful methods for examining relationships among multiple variables, and find out how to reshape your data.
Lesson 8
Practice using multivariate exploration techniques to look at more complicated relationships between multiple variables.
Lesson 9
Put it all together in this case study where we investigate the diamonds data set alongside Facebook Data Scientist, Solomon Messing.
Lesson 10
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