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Presentation for CIS 121

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cis121-presentation

Some Basics of R Programming

A presentation for CIS 121, Portland Community College, December 13, 2016

Contents

  • Basics of R
  • Visualizations
  • A preliminary analysis
  • A more detailed program

Basics of R

  • Background information
  • Comments on the nature of the language
  • User ecosystem, etc.

Visualizations

  • Simple plotting with the base R graphics library
  • Quick plotting with ggplot2 (using qplot)
  • Detailed plotting with ggplot2 (using ggplot)

A preliminary analysis

  • Looks at the Portland Trailblazers roster from 2012 - 2016
  • Getting data
  • Creating a data frame
  • Creating subsets based on research questions
  • Visualizing the output

A more detailed program

  • Connects to the website "basketball-reference.com"
  • Pulls in career per-season data, one player at a time
  • Creates custom data frames holding data for multiple players
  • Performs comparisons on the spot
  • Can make visualizations