Have you ever wanted to learn how R is used to handle the most common data types? The knowledge you will gain here is foundational for any aspiring R programmer. In this course, Querying and Converting Data Types in R, you will develop an understanding of all of these data types and how they are processed, converted, and filtered. First, you will explore general data analysis concepts and take a look at the data frame and its main alternatives. Next, you will learn the major data types in R: numeric, integer, factor, character, boolean, and date and time. Finally, you will discover how these data types are used in a data frame. The query and filtering methods largely depend on the data types available in that data frame. When you are finished with this course, you will have your first set of skills that will be invaluable in your further learning path. In fact, the skills taught here are so important in data science, that most of it can be used in other languages (Python, Matlab) and programs (SPSS).
Author Name: Martin Burger
Author Description:
Martin studied biostatistics and worked for several pharmaceutical companies before he became a data science consultant and author. He published over 15 courses on R, Tableau 9 and other data science related subjects. His main focus lies on analytics software like R and SPSS but he is also interested in modern data visualization tools like Tableau. If he is not busy coding, blogging or working out new teaching concepts you may find him skiing or hiking in the Alps.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Understanding Dataset Structures and Formats
  35mins
• Selecting and Converting Data Types
  34mins
• Querying and Filtering Data
  36mins
• Course Summary and Further Resources
  18mins