R Flashcards
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mode()
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Identifies the type of variable in the brackets
i.e. is is a character or numeric
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What is a vector?
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A list of numbers or letters or character strings
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c()
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combines the string of data into a vector.
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vectorname[n]
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gives the nth value in the named vector
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vectorname[n1 : n2]
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Gives the n1th to n2th values in the vector, inclusive.
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vectorname[-n]
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Gives the whole of the named vector, without the nth value.
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sum()
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Gives sum of vector
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mean()
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Gives mean of vector
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max()
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Gives largest value of vector
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median()
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Gives median of vector
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var()
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Gives variance of vector
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sd()
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Gives standard deviation of the vector
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name = function(x) actualfunction(variable)
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Defines the name as a function which is another function applied to a variable
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sqrt()
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Square roots value
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mad()
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Gives the median absolute deviation (comparable to the standard deviation)
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shapiro.test()
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Applies the shapiro test to the data, comparing it to a normal distribution.
Lower p value than 0.05 lets us reject the null hypothesis.
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IQR()
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Gives the interquartile range of the data
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summary()
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Gives the minimum, maximum, median and mean as well as the 1st and 3rd quartiles.
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barplot()
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Gives a bar graph of a vector.
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table()
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Gives a frequency table of a vector.
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length()
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Gives the length of a vector.
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labels = as.vector(c(list of the names for the bars)
barplot((data in graph), names.arg = labels, xlab = name of x axis, ylab = name of y axis)
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Labels the bars in the graph after the items in the labels vector.
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hist()
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Gives histogram.
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hist(GC, breaks = 50)
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Allows us to chose how many bars in our graph.
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hist(GC, breaks = 50, col='green', xlab="GC content", ylab = "absolute Frequency", main = "main title”, cex.main=2)
Gives hitogram with given number of bars and labels.
cex.main is the size of the title text.
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dataset = read.table("filename.txt", header = TRUE)
Save data in dataset.
h=F is a viable alternative.
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attach(dataset)
Attaches all of the variables within the dataset.
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stem()
Gives a stem and leaf plot of data
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plot(a, b)
Gives a scatter graph comparing the two data sets.
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plot(GC, reptime, main="Title", xlab="GC content", ylab="Replication time", pch=20, col="red")
Gives a scattergraph where pch controls the shape of the dots, 20 is circles
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data1 <- read.csv("plant_data.csv", header = TRUE)
Reads data from csv files
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boxplot(data1$height~data1$temp)
Gives a box and whisker plot.
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boxplot(data1$height~data1$temp, xlab=expression("Temperature, "^o* "C"), ylab= "Height, cm", col = "lightseagreen", notch = T, las = 1)
Adds a o to the x axis label. The notches means that there is a 95% confidence interval on the interval. The las = 1 rotates the numbers on the y axis notches so that they are vertical.
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binom.test(no. successes, no.attempts)
Defines a binomal with probability of success, bounds of confidence and hypotheses.
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binom.test(no. successes, no.attempts, p of Ho)
Refines binomial expression by adding the expected p, which provides a null hypothesis.
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#
Gives comments
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sample(c("heads", "tails"), 1)
Gives one of the values in the array
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sample(c("heads", "tails"), 10, replace = TRUE)
Allows the “coin” to be flipped multiple times without using up the values in the array.
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sum(flips=="heads")
Sums values within flips that are the same as the provided string
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head_count = function(k){
flips = sample(c("heads", "tails"), k, replace = TRUE)
sum(flips=="heads")
}
defines function which takes a value k.
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{}
Allows for code across multiple lines
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heads = replicate(100, head_count(10))
Replicates the given function that number of times and collects the data.
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chisq.test(c(55, 45))
Runs chi squared test when one result is achieved 55 times and the other is achieved 45 times
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chisq.test(c(120, 480), p=c(1/6, 5/6))
Chi squared test where we provide probabilities for each outcome. As many outcomes can be listed as you like.
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chi = chisq.test(cdata)
Saves the chi squared test of data as its own variable.
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chi$expected
Gives the expected distribution of data.
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chi$observed
Gives the actual dustribution of data
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sum(((chi$observed - chi$expected)^2)/chi$expected)
Equation for chi squared.
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variable = scan()
Can fill a variable by writing a value then each value followed by a return and two returns to end it.
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t.test(iq, mu=100, alternative="g")
Does the t-test where mu is the average and g is an alternative hypothesis of the mean of the sample is greater than it should be and l would be lower.
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var.test(height$female, height$male)
Compares the variances of two groups of data to see if a t-test can be used.
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datafile = "http://personality-project.org/r/datasets/R.appendix1.text"
data.ex1 = read.table(datafile, header = TRUE)
Reads in data from online source, saves it to data.ex1
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aov(Alertness~Dosage)
Runs ANOVA on the data called. The data before the ~ is the dependednt variable, and the one after is the independent.
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anova1 = aov(Alertness~Dosage)
summary(anova1)
Creates a summary of anova data.
p value is given in Pr(>F) if below 0.05 we can reject there being no difference between the groups.
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TukeyHSD(anova1)
Runs a Tukey test on anova'd data. Shows p values of comparisons of datasets
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plot(TukeyHSD(anova1))
Plots graph of differences of means in data for the different groups compared.
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cor.test(Relaxed, Hyperventilated)
Runs Pearson's correlation, gives correlation coefficient from -1 to +1
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cor.test(xaxis, yaxis, method="spearm")
Runs correlation tests as spearman's rho.
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cricketmodel = lm(freq~temp)
Get linear regression in terms of temp.
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(cor(freq, temp))^2
Gives the multiple r-squared value - squared correlation coefficient.
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abline(cricketmodel)
Adds line of best fit to plot.
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count2 = na.omit(count)
Counts the number of N/As in the data.
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plot(log(count2$Area), log(count2$Population))
Plots the logs of data
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plot(log(count2$Area), log(count2$Population), xlab = expression ('ln (Area, km^2)'), ylab = "ln(Population)", col = "red", las = 1)
plots scatter graph with labeled axis in red.
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kruskal.test(list(leach, stimpson)
Runs Kruskal's test on data.
p of less than 0.05 means we can reject null hypothesis that all samples are drawn from same population.
Can use more variables.
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kruskal.test(allpay, bank)
Runs Kruskal's test on data, can use comma or ~.
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library(dunn.test)
downloads the function dunn.test from the library
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dunn.test(allpay, bank, kw = TRUE, method = "boneferroni")
compares allpay to bank using the bonferroni method.
kw = true meansn that kruskal-wallis is used as well.
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help(p.adjust)
calls up the R notes associated with that function.
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unstacked.reptime = unstack(dataset[,c(4, 1)])
Unstackes data from columns and adds it to a new variable.
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wilcox.test(first, second, paired = TRUE, exact = FALSE)
Runs paired wilcoxon test.
exact = false used when there is a lot of data, so exact p value cannoot be calculated.
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all = c(first, second)
Combines two vectors into one longer vector.
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friedman.test(all.leaks, allsuits, pilots)
runs friedman rank sum test. Here finds whether there is a difference between the leakage of at least one suit compared to another.
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friedman.test(all.leaks ~ allsuits | pilots)
Runs friedman test where:
pilots is the group
allsuits is the block
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pairwise.wilcox.test(all.leaks, allsuits, p.adjust.method = "bonferroni",
paired = TRUE, exact = TRUE)
Test to do after a significant friedman result.
