Beginning R 4: From Beginner to Pro

© Matt Wiley, Joshua F. Wiley 2020

M. Wiley, J. F. WileyBeginning R 4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6053-1_4

4. Working with Data

Matt Wiley¹  and Joshua F. Wiley²

(1)

Victoria College, Victoria, TX, USA

(2)

Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

 

This text is designed to give you insight into real-world statistical methods. Unlike many “classroom-ready” examples, real-world data often require advance work before any statistics ever occurs. In this chapter, you will learn how to use the data.table [9] and extraoperators [20] packages to create the data sets you need for applying statistical methods to analyze data and create data-informed decisions.

That is a tall order, so keep in mind it is normal ...