MSA 8105 - Introduction to R Programming - Module 2 Vocabulary

MSA 8105 - Introduction to R Programming - Module 2 Vocabulary

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Section 1

(50 cards)

as.character()

Front

R function that converts an object to character class

Back

rnorm

Front

R function that generates random number from the normal distribution

Back

noquote()

Front

R function that shows the contents of an object without quotes

Back

cat()

Front

R function that concatenates two or more objects and print without quotes

Back

toupper()

Front

R function that converts all characters in a string to upper case

Back

which(x == y)

Front

R function that finds where the pairwise equal values are located in vectors x and y

Back

as.numeric()

Front

R function that converts an object to numeric

Back

levels()

Front

R function that reveals the factor levels of a factor object

Back

as.double()

Front

R function that converts an object to double

Back

integer

Front

A whole number

Back

seed

Front

A number used to initialize a fixed sequence of random numbers

Back

>=

Front

"Greater than or equal to" operator

Back

union()

Front

R function that produces the elements contained in either set

Back

identical(x,y)

Front

R function that indicates whether or no two vectors contain identical elements in the same order

Back

tolower()

Front

R function that converts all characters in a string to lower case

Back

double

Front

Floating point numbers

Back

class()

Front

R function that reveals the class of object

Back

==

Front

"Equal to" operator

Back

normal distribution

Front

Probability distribution that yields a symmetric bell-curve, commonly used to represent random variables in many applications

Back

as.integer()

Front

R function that converts an object to an integer

Back

intersect()

Front

R function that produces the elements contained in both sets

Back

chartr()

Front

R function that replaces a character in a string

Back

rep()

Front

R function that replicates the values of a sequence

Back

numeric

Front

Synonymous with Double, also means floating point numbers

Back

unclass()

Front

R function that returns a copy of the object with its class attribute removed

Back

abbreviate()

Front

R function that abbreviates words within a character string

Back

ceiling(x)

Front

R function that rounds up to the next higher integer

Back

factors

Front

An object used to represent a categorical variable consisting of levels

Back

runif()

Front

R function that generates random numbers from the uniform distribution

Back

sum(x == y)

Front

R function that finds the number of pairwise equal values in vectors x and y

Back

<=

Front

"Less than or equal to" operator

Back

concatenate

Front

A term that describes combining a string, text, or other data to form a single object

Back

>

Front

"Greater than" operator

Back

is.character()

Front

R function that determines whether or not an object is of character class

Back

<

Front

"Less than" operator

Back

floor(x)

Front

R function that rounds down to the next lowest integer

Back

character

Front

An object used to represent string values

Back

paste(a, b)

Front

R function that concatenates two objects a and b into a single object

Back

print()

Front

R function that shows the contents of an object

Back

factor(c())

Front

R function that converts a vector to factor class

Back

!=

Front

"Not equal to" operator

Back

seq()

Front

R function that generates a sequence

Back

uniform distribution

Front

Probability distribution where all outcomes are equally likely

Back

Sequence

Front

A set of numbers following a consistent pattern from element to element in the set

Back

levels

Front

The categories of a factor

Back

typeof()

Front

R function that checks the data type of an object

Back

strsplit()

Front

R function that splits elements of a character string

Back

setdiff()

Front

R function that produces the elements in one set, but not the other

Back

plyr::revalue()

Front

R function from the plyr package that re-values the levels of a factor

Back

round(x)

Front

R function that rounds an object to the nearest integer

Back

Section 2

(5 cards)

Sys.time()

Front

R function that returns the time, date, and time zone

Back

Sys.timezone()

Front

R function that returns the current time zone

Back

Sys.Date()

Front

R function the returns the current date

Back

droplevels()

Front

R function that drops a level from a factor

Back

as.Date()

Front

R function that converts a date-formatted character into a date object

Back