X <- read.csv("U:/public_html/588/Class1/CASE0101.csv", header = TRUE) # replace by your own path here
V <- X[,1] # all the scores in one "pile"
n1 <- 23
n2 <- 24
V1 <- V[1:n1]
V2 <- V[(n1+1):(n1+n2)]
# illustrates some descriptive stats
mean(V1)
sd(V1)
quantile(V1,c(0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75))
IQR(V1)
# illustrates some graphics
?boxplot
par(mfrow=c(2,2)) # 2x2 viewing window
boxplot(V ~ X[,2]) # get side-by-side boxplots with X[,2] as grouping variable
c(min(V), max(V))
hist(V1, breaks = seq(5,30,by=2.5), ylim=c(0,8))
hist(V2, breaks = seq(5,30,by=2.5), border="red", add=TRUE)
plot(density(V1), xlim=c(5,30), ylim=c(0,0.1))
lines(density(V2),col="red")
data(faithful) # Old Faithful, a famous example of a bimodal distribution
# see e.g. Lavine, p. 121
X <- as.matrix(faithful)
dim(X)
X[1:5,] # display only first 5 cases
stem(X[,2]) # ways to display univariate distribution
hist(X[,2])
plot( density(X[,2]) )