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===PC5. Cleanup/tidy your data=== | ===PC5. Cleanup/tidy your data=== | ||
Once again, some cleanup and recoding is needed for this week's data. It turns out that the variables <code>i</code> and <code>j</code> are really dichotomous "true/false" variables that have been coded as 0 and 1 respectively in this dataset. Recode these columns as <code>logical</code> (i.e., "TRUE" or "FALSE" values). The variable <code>k</code> is really a categorical variable. Recode <code>k</code> as a factor and change the numbers so that they are replaced with the following values or levels: 0="none", 1="some", 2="lots", 3="all" | Once again, some cleanup and recoding is needed for this week's data. It turns out that the variables <code>i</code> and <code>j</code> are really dichotomous "true/false" variables that have been coded as 0 and 1 respectively in this dataset. Recode these columns as <code>logical</code> (i.e., "TRUE" or "FALSE" values). The variable <code>k</code> is really a categorical variable. Recode <code>k</code> as a factor and change the numbers so that they are replaced with the following values or levels: 0="none", 1="some", 2="lots", 3="all". The goal is to end up with a factor (so the command <code>class(k)</code> should return the value <code>TRUE</code>) where those text strings are the levels of the factor. | ||
===PC6. Calculate conditional summary statistics=== | ===PC6. Calculate conditional summary statistics=== | ||
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== Statistical Questions == | == Statistical Questions == | ||
===SQ1 | ===SQ1=== | ||
Return to the dataset you imported and worked with in the programming challenges above. Imagine that it comes from a year-long study of bicyclists using a combination of survey and ride-tracking data from the Divvy bikeshare members in the Chicagoland area conducted a few years ago (let's say 2018, just to pick a year). Each row in the data corresponds to a single Divvy cyclist/member and the variables correspond to the following measures: | Return to the dataset you imported and worked with in the programming challenges above. Imagine that it comes from a year-long study of bicyclists using a combination of survey and ride-tracking data from the Divvy bikeshare members in the Chicagoland area conducted a few years ago (let's say 2018, just to pick a year). Each row in the data corresponds to a single Divvy cyclist/member and the variables correspond to the following measures: | ||
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# Return to the scatterplot you created in PC8 above. Given the information you now have about the study, how would you interpret it? Does there seem to be any sort of relationship between the two variables? | # Return to the scatterplot you created in PC8 above. Given the information you now have about the study, how would you interpret it? Does there seem to be any sort of relationship between the two variables? | ||
=== | ===Optional bonus SQ2=== | ||
''We talked about birthdays in the context of one of the textbook exercises for ''OpenIntro'' Chapter 3. Here's an opportunity to apply your knowledge and extend that exercise. Note that you can absolutely use R to help calculate the solutions to both parts of this problem. That said, it's a super famous problem and answers/examples are all over the internet, so if you want to challenge yourself, don't look at them while you're working on it! The only hint I'll give you is that you may find [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_coefficient binomial coefficients] useful and the <code>choose()</code>) function can calculate them for you in R.'' | ''We talked about birthdays in the context of one of the textbook exercises for ''OpenIntro'' Chapter 3. Here's an opportunity to apply your knowledge and extend that exercise. Note that you can absolutely use R to help calculate the solutions to both parts of this problem. That said, it's a super famous problem and answers/examples are all over the internet, so if you want to challenge yourself, don't look at them while you're working on it! The only hint I'll give you is that you may find [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_coefficient binomial coefficients] useful and the <code>choose()</code>) function can calculate them for you in R.'' |