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Hands-On Exploratory Data Analysis with R

You're reading from   Hands-On Exploratory Data Analysis with R Become an expert in exploratory data analysis using R packages

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789804379
Length 266 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Radhika Datar Radhika Datar
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Harish Garg Harish Garg
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Setting Up Data Analysis Environment
2. Setting Up Our Data Analysis Environment FREE CHAPTER 3. Importing Diverse Datasets 4. Examining, Cleaning, and Filtering 5. Visualizing Data Graphically with ggplot2 6. Creating Aesthetically Pleasing Reports with knitr and R Markdown 7. Section 2: Univariate, Time Series, and Multivariate Data
8. Univariate and Control Datasets 9. Time Series Datasets 10. Multivariate Datasets 11. Section 3: Multifactor, Optimization, and Regression Data Problems
12. Multi-Factor Datasets 13. Handling Optimization and Regression Data Problems 14. Section 4: Conclusions
15. Next Steps 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Probability plots

This section describes the creation of probability plots in R, which can be used for didactic purposes and predominantly for data analysis purposes. The following functions are available for each distribution of probability plots in the format specified:

Name

Description

dnorm( )

Density or probability function

pnorm( )

Cumulative density function

qnorm( )

Quantile function

Rnorm( )

Random deviates

Let's look at some of the functions mentioned previously.

dnorm()

The first type of plot that will be created based on the density or probability function is named dnorm(). dnorm() will specify the density or the probability for the normal distribution curve. The normal...

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