Packages - R Programming Questions and Answers

This set of R Programming Language Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Packages – 1”.

1. ______ let’s you perform SQL queries on your R data frames.
a) sqldf
b) plyr
c) forecast
d) daply
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Answer: b
Explanation: sqldf uses SQLite syntax. Plyr will split-apply-combine paradigm for R. Forecast is a generic function for forecasting from time series or time series models. The function invokes particular methods which depend on the class of the first argument.

2. ______ splits a data frame and results an array (hence the da). Hopefully you’re getting the idea here.
a) apply
b) daply
c) stats
d) plyr
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Answer: b
Explanation: ddply splits a data frame and returns a data frame.

3. ________ makes it incredibly easy to fit time series models like ARIMA, ARMA, AR, Exponential Smoothing, etc.
a) sqldf
b) plyr
c) forecast
d) stats
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Answer: c
Explanation: Most important feature is the resulting forecast plot.

4. ________ provides needed string operators in R.
a) str
b) forecast
c) stringr
d) sqldf
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Answer: c
Explanation: stringr is remarkably easy to use.

5. Which of the following syntax is used to install forecast package?
a) install.pack(“forecast”)
b) install.packages(“cast”)
c) install.packages(“forecast”)
d) install.pack(“forecastcast”)
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Answer: c
Explanation: forecast is used for time series analysis.

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6. Which of the following is similar to Moment.js?
a) stringr
b) lubridate
c) ploy
d) forecast
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Answer: b
Explanation: lubridate is one of those magical libraries that just seems to do exactly what you expect it to.

7. Which of the following is a library for statistical quality control?
a) gcc
b) qcc
c) anc
d) pnc
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Answer: b
Explanation: qcc can help you monitor transaction volumes, visitors or logins on your website, database operations, and lots of other processes.

8. ______ specializes in converting data from wide to long format.
a) gcc
b) reshape
c) reshape2
d) gcc2
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Answer: c
Explanation: reshape2 is used in conjunction with ggplot2 and plyr.

9. _________ is used to convert wide data to long data.
a) melt
b) dcast
c) cast
d) rcast
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Answer: a
Explanation: dcast is used to go from long to wide.

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