Tag Archives: dataframe

Getting started — loading data, writing and saving scripts

[16/1/14 edit — as the procedure for finding data in Mac OS were detailed in class, I am going to leave off editing this post to show Mac OS steps in detail because: steps are mostly the same; and we’ve … Continue reading

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Getting started – revision of dataframe input, new on looking at data type

This post assumes that you have read and worked through examples in previous posts concerning: 1. how to read in .csv files as dataframes; 2. data structure basics, including discussion of vectors, matrices, and dataframes. We will be working with … Continue reading

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Getting started – basics: vectors and matrices; creating them; manipulating them; referring to specific elements in them

We looked previously at data structures like vectors, and data types or modes, as in numeric, character string or logical. I’ll recap some of the previous post on vectors and then move on to talking about data structures like matrices … Continue reading

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Getting started – selecting data, wrangling data – early (basic) moves

This post and the few following will switch focus from the ML subject scores database to a database built out of normative data about word attributes, which actually comes in a number of different parts (downloadable at the links). Remember that … Continue reading

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Getting started – working directories, loading data, and a bit more plotting

For this post, I am going to assume that you know about files, folders and directories on your computer. In Windows (e.g. in XP and 7), you should be familiar with Windows Explorer. If you are not, this series of … Continue reading

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