Week 1 Quiz

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Question 1
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1. Question 1
R was developed by statisticians working at

The University of Auckland

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The R language was developed by Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman who were statisticians
at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

Bell Labs

Harvard University

StatSci

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2. Question 2
The definition of free software consists of four freedoms (freedoms 0 through 3). Which of
the following is NOT one of the freedoms that are part of the definition? Select all that apply.

The freedom to prevent users from using the software for undesirable purposes.

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This is not part of the free software definition. Freedom 0 requires that the users of free
software be free to use the software for any purpose.

The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor.

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The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs.
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The freedom to restrict access to the source code for the software.

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This is not part of the free software definition. Freedoms 1 and 3 require access to the
source code.

The freedom to run the program, for any purpose.

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The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that
the whole community benefits.

Un-selected is correct
The freedom to sell the software for any price.

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This is not part of the free software definition. The free software definition does not mention
anything about selling software (although it does not disallow it).

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3. Question 3
In R the following are all atomic data types EXCEPT: (Select all that apply)

numeric

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matrix

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'matrix' is not an atomic data type in R.

list

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'list' is not an atomic data type in R.

table

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'table' is not an atomic data type in R.

logical

Un-selected is correct
character

Un-selected is correct
array

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'array' is not an atomic data type in R.

data frame

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'data frame' is not an atomic data type in R.

complex

Un-selected is correct
integer

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4. Question 4
If I execute the expression x <- 4 in R, what is the class of the object `x' as determined by the
`class()' function?

real

integer

list

matrix

complex

numeric
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vector

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5. Question 5
What is the class of the object defined by the expression x <- c(4, "a", TRUE)?

mixed

integer

numeric

logical

character

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The character class is the "lowest common denominator" here and so all elements will be
coerced into that class.

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6. Question 6
If I have two vectors x <- c(1,3, 5) and y <- c(3, 2, 10), what is produced by the expression
cbind(x, y)?

a vector of length 2

a 2 by 2 matrix

a matrix with 2 columns and 3 rows

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The 'cbind' function treats vectors as if they were columns of a matrix. It then takes those
vectors and binds them together column-wise to create a matrix.

a 3 by 3 matrix
a vector of length 3

a 2 by 3 matrix

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7. Question 7
A key property of vectors in R is that

elements of a vector all must be of the same class

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elements of a vector can be of different classes

elements of a vector can only be character or numeric

a vector cannot have have attributes like dimensions

the length of a vector must be less than 32,768

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8. Question 8
Suppose I have a list defined as x <- list(2, "a", "b", TRUE). What does x[[1]] give me? Select
all that apply.

a numeric vector of length 1.

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a numeric vector containing the element 2.

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a character vector containing the element "2".

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a list containing the number 2.

Un-selected is correct
a list containing a numeric vector of length 1.
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9. Question 9
Suppose I have a vector x <- 1:4 and a vector y <- 2. What is produced by the expression x +
y?

an integer vector with elements 3, 2, 3, 4.

a numeric vector with elements 1, 2, 3, 6.

a numeric vector with elements 3, 4, 5, 6.

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a numeric vector with elements 3, 2, 3, 6.

an integer vector with elements 3, 2, 3, 6.

a numeric vector with elements 3, 2, 3, 4.

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10. Question 10
Suppose I have a vector x <- c(17, 14, 4, 5, 13, 12, 10) and I want to set all elements of this
vector that are greater than 10 to be equal to 4. What R code achieves this? Select all that
apply.

x[x == 4] > 10

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x[x >= 10] <- 4

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x[x > 4] <- 10

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x[x >= 11] <- 4

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You can create a logical vector with the expression x >= 11 and then use the [ operator to
subset the original vector x.

x[x > 10] == 4

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x[x == 10] <- 4

Un-selected is correct
x[x < 10] <- 4

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x[x > 10] <- 4

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You can create a logical vector with the expression x > 10 and then use the [ operator to
subset the original vector x.

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11. Question 11
Use the Week 1 Quiz Data Set to answer questions 11-20.

In the dataset provided for this Quiz, what are the column names of the dataset?

Ozone, Solar.R, Wind

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Month, Day, Temp, Wind

Ozone, Solar.R, Wind, Temp, Month, Day

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You can get the column names of a data frame with the `names()' function.

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12. Question 12
Extract the first 2 rows of the data frame and print them to the console. What does the output
look like?

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2
3
Ozone Solar.R Wind Temp Month Day
1 9 24 10.9 71 9 14
2 18 131 8.0 76 9 29
1
2
3
Ozone Solar.R Wind Temp Month Day
1 7 NA 6.9 74 5 11
2 35 274 10.3 82 7 17
1
2
3
Ozone Solar.R Wind Temp Month Day
1 18 224 13.8 67 9 17
2 NA 258 9.7 81 7 22
1
2
3
Ozone Solar.R Wind Temp Month Day
1 41 190 7.4 67 5 1
2 36 118 8.0 72 5 2
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You can extract the first two rows using the [ operator and an integer sequence to index the
rows.

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13. Question 13
How many observations (i.e. rows) are in this data frame?

153

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You can use the `nrows()' function to compute the number of rows in a data frame.

160

129

45

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14. Question 14
Extract the last 2 rows of the data frame and print them to the console. What does the output
look like?

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2
3
Ozone Solar.R Wind Temp Month Day
152 31 244 10.9 78 8 19
153 29 127 9.7 82 6 7
1
2
3
Ozone Solar.R Wind Temp Month Day
152 11 44 9.7 62 5 20
153 108 223 8.0 85 7 25
1
2
3
Ozone Solar.R Wind Temp Month Day
152 18 131 8.0 76 9 29
153 20 223 11.5 68 9 30
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The `tail()' function is an easy way to extract the last few elements of an R object.

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2
3
Ozone Solar.R Wind Temp Month Day
152 34 307 12.0 66 5 17
153 13 27 10.3 76 9 18
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15. Question 15
What is the value of Ozone in the 47th row?

21

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The single bracket [ operator can be used to extract individual rows of a data frame.

63

18

34
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16. Question 16
How many missing values are in the Ozone column of this data frame?

43

37

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The `is.na' function can be used to test for missing values.

78

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17. Question 17
What is the mean of the Ozone column in this dataset? Exclude missing values (coded as
NA) from this calculation.

18.0

53.2

42.1

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The `mean' function can be used to calculate the mean.

31.5

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18. Question 18
Extract the subset of rows of the data frame where Ozone values are above 31 and Temp
values are above 90. What is the mean of Solar.R in this subset?
334.0

205.0

185.9

212.8

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You need to construct a logical vector in R to match the question's requirements. Then use
that logical vector to subset the data frame.

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19. Question 19
What is the mean of "Temp" when "Month" is equal to 6?

79.1

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90.2

85.6

75.3

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20. Question 20
What was the maximum ozone value in the month of May (i.e. Month is equal to 5)?

97

115

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18

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