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Packages and Modules in Python
We learned that Python functions and methods are really useful and can be used to solve many of our problems. We can ev...
Methods in Python
We earlier learned about various data types in Python such as int,float, and str. We also learned about other data stru...
Define Custom Functions in R
In Python, we define a function using the def reserved word followed by optional parameters in parenthesis. T...
Functions in Python
In Python a function is some reusable code that takes arguments(s) as input does some computation and then returns a re...
Lists in Python
Lists are the most significant and flexible sequence types in Python. A list in Python is simply an ordered collection ...
Importing Data from Web in R
While working as a data scientist, you will often deal with data stored on the web. Typically you will have a URl for t...
SQL Queries from R
In the previous lesson we learned that we can use the dbReadTable() function to import a table into R. Howeve...
Importing Data from a Database in R
Most companies use relational databases to store their data and it is important for a data scientist to know how they c...
Using XLConnect in R Programming
Many organizations use MS Excel for data analysis and financial modelling and it is likely that your company also expec...
Importing Data from Excel in R
Microsoft Excel is another tool which is commonly used for data analysis. There are many R packages that can be used to...
Importing Data Using data.table – fread in R
R has a data manipulation package called data.table() which is extensively used for data manipulation. Specia...
Import Data using read.table in R
We learnt that we can use read.csv() function to import data from files in comma separated values (CSV) forma...
Importing Data Using read.csv in R
R provides a variety of functions for importing data files. The most common functions which we will use are read.c...
CFA® Exam Overview and Guidelines (Updated for 2021)
The Chartered Financial Analyst or CFA program is a professional certification issued to financial and investment profe...
Importing Data from External Data Sources in R
While working on data science projects, you will come across data from many data sources in a variety of formats. It is...
Apply Functions in R
In the earlier lessons, we learned about how we can use the for loop to iterate over various R objects. R als...
Creating Functions in R
In the previous lesson, we learned about how to use functions in R. This is very useful because R has a lot of built-in...
Functions in R Programming
Functions are an important concept in R and we will be using it all the time. In fact, we have already been using funct...
While and Repeat Loop in R Programming
The general format of the while statement is: while (condition) { statement } Note that a while loop may never ...
For Loop in R Programming
R has three statements that provide explicit looping. They are for, while and repeat. Each of the t...
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