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Using tibbles

Using tibbles

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Using tibbles

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- [Instructor] A central element of the tidyverse approach to R is the tibble. It's a way of storing data, think of it as a variation on table. And in fact, the tibble is an enhanced version of the data frame, the most common way of storing data. What's funny about it though, is actually is restrictive, there are certain things it doesn't allow you to do. But usually those are things you shouldn't be doing anyhow. I like to use tibbles as often as possible because of the way they facilitate certain commands, they work better with the tidyverse. The way they print is better. I like 'em, I use 'em unless I have some compelling reason not to. But I want to show you a few tibble basics, even though I've been using them throughout the course so far. Number one, I'm going to load a few packages including the tidyverse which is going to make it possible to do tibbles. So the data set that I'm going to use is about orange…

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