xvi | Contents
Chapter 8 Working with Big Data inR 191
8.1 Prerequisites 192
8.1.1 Install R in Your System 192
8.1.2 Know How to Manage R Scripts 192
8.1.3 Introduction to Basic R Commands 193
8.2 Exploratory Data Analysis 204
8.2.1 Basic Statistical Techniques for Data Exploration 204
8.2.2 Basic Plots for Data Exploration 207
8.3 R Libraries for Dealing with Large Data Sets 212
8.3.1 ff and ffbase Packages 213
8.3.2 Parallel Package 218
8.3.3 data.table Package 219
8.4 Integrating Hadoop with R 220
8.5 Simple R Program with Hadoop 223
Summary 225
Multiple-choice Questions (1 Mark Questions) 225
Short-answer Type Questions (5 Marks Questions) 226
Long-answer Type Questions (10 Marks Questions) 226
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