explore: Explore, an EDA function for Univariate Description and...

In bcdudek/bcdstats: A collection of functions to support B. Dudek's APSY510/511 classes

Explore, an EDA function for Univariate Description and Visualization

Description

The function returns a six paneled figure with histograms, kernel density functions, Boxplots with rugplots, normal probability plots, symmetry plots and displays Interquartile ranges under a kernel density function.

Usage

explore(x, varname = "", na.rm = T)

Arguments

x	The quantitative Random Variable of interest
varname	A Variable Label used in the Plot Title
na.rm	missing data are handled by this function

Details

The function also uses the "describe" function from the "psych" package to compute descriptive statistics for the RV. The skewness and kurtosis coefficients from "describe" are the G1 and G2 coefficients.

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Value

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comp1

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comp2

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Note

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Author(s)

Bruce Dudek

References

Howell, D.C. (2010) Statistical Methods for Psychology. 7th Ed. Belmont, CA:Cengage.

See Also

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Examples

explore(faithful$eruptions, varname="Eruption Duration")
explore(mtcars$mpg)

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