userR2013 data analysis contest: data exploration
Description
The useR2013 conference is organizing a data analysis contest, check the rules here.
They have a package called useR2013DAC with two data sets: one from La Liga and the other one from the Formula 1. Once you download and install the package (available here), you can quickly explore the data using the following R commands:
Data exploration
## Load the package
library(useR2013DAC)
## Explore laliga data
data(laliga)
head(laliga)
## Season Week HomeTeam AwayTeam
## 1 2008/09 1 Athletic Club Bilbao Union Deportiva Almeria
## 2 2008/09 1 Atlético Madrid Málaga CF
## 3 2008/09 1 Betis Sevilla Real Club Recreativo Huelva
## 4 2008/09 1 CA Osasuna Villarreal CF
## 5 2008/09 1 CD Numancia FC Barcelona
## 6 2008/09 1 Deportivo de La Coruña Real Madrid CF
## HomeGoals AwayGoals
## 1 1 3
## 2 4 0
## 3 0 1
## 4 1 1
## 5 1 0
## 6 2 1
summary(laliga)
## Season Week HomeTeam AwayTeam
## Length:1900 Min. : 1.0 Length:1900 Length:1900
## Class :character 1st Qu.:10.0 Class :character Class :character
## Mode :character Median :19.5 Mode :character Mode :character
## Mean :19.5
## 3rd Qu.:29.0
## Max. :38.0
##
## HomeGoals AwayGoals
## Min. :0.00 Min. :0.00
## 1st Qu.:1.00 1st Qu.:0.00
## Median :1.00 Median :1.00
## Mean :1.65 Mean :1.14
## 3rd Qu.:2.00 3rd Qu.:2.00
## Max. :8.00 Max. :8.00
## NA's :50 NA's :50
lapply(laliga, class)
## $Season
## [1] "character"
##
## $Week
## [1] "integer"
##
## $HomeTeam
## [1] "character"
##
## $AwayTeam
## [1] "character"
##
## $HomeGoals
## [1] "integer"
##
## $AwayGoals
## [1] "integer"
## Explore formula1 data
data(formula1)
head(formula1)
## Pos No Driver Team Laps Time Grid Pts
## 1 1 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 49 1:39:20.396 3 25
## 2 2 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 49 +16.0 secs 2 18
## 3 3 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 49 +23.1 secs 4 15
## 4 4 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 49 +38.7 secs 1 12
## 5 5 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 49 +40.2 secs 5 10
## 6 6 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 49 +44.1 secs 7 8
## Race Season
## 1 2010 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2010
## 2 2010 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2010
## 3 2010 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2010
## 4 2010 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2010
## 5 2010 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2010
## 6 2010 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2010
summary(formula1)
## Pos No Driver
## Ret :254 1 : 58 Felipe Massa : 58
## 1 : 58 10 : 58 Fernando Alonso : 58
## 10 : 58 11 : 58 Heikki Kovalainen: 58
## 11 : 58 12 : 58 Jenson Button : 58
## 12 : 58 14 : 58 Kamui Kobayashi : 58
## 13 : 58 15 : 58 Lewis Hamilton : 58
## (Other):848 (Other):1044 (Other) :1044
## Team Laps Time Grid
## Ferrari :116 55 :125 +1 Lap :268 1 : 58
## Force India-Mercedes:116 56 :121 +2 Laps :102 10 : 58
## HRT-Cosworth :116 53 : 92 Accident : 93 11 : 58
## McLaren-Mercedes :116 57 : 80 +3 Laps : 41 12 : 58
## STR-Ferrari :116 70 : 75 Hydraulics: 26 13 : 58
## Lotus-Renault : 78 52 : 69 Gearbox : 24 14 : 58
## (Other) :734 (Other):830 (Other) :838 (Other):1044
## Pts Race Season
## :812 Length:1392 Min. :2010
## 1 : 58 Class :character 1st Qu.:2010
## 10 : 58 Mode :character Median :2011
## 12 : 58 Mean :2011
## 15 : 58 3rd Qu.:2012
## 18 : 58 Max. :2012
## (Other):290
lapply(formula1, class)
## $Pos
## [1] "factor"
##
## $No
## [1] "factor"
##
## $Driver
## [1] "factor"
##
## $Team
## [1] "factor"
##
## $Laps
## [1] "factor"
##
## $Time
## [1] "factor"
##
## $Grid
## [1] "factor"
##
## $Pts
## [1] "factor"
##
## $Race
## [1] "character"
##
## $Season
## [1] "numeric"
I don’t see a specific question that they want you to answer with this data, but if you find one related to data analysis or visualization then join the competition!
Note that you must be attending the conference in order to be eligible to compete.