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Exploring missingness dependence

To learn about the structure of the missingness in data, you can explore how sorting changes how missingness is presented.

For the oceanbuoys dataset, explore the missingness with vis_miss(), and then arrange by a few different variables

This is not a definitive process, but it will get you started to ask the right questions of your data. We explore more powerful techniques in the next chapter.

This exercise is part of the course

Dealing With Missing Data in R

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Exercise instructions

Using the dataset, oceanbuoys:

  • Arrange by the variables, year, latitude, and wind_ew using vis_miss().

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Arrange by year
___ %>% arrange(___) %>% vis_miss()

# Arrange by latitude
___ %>% ___(___) %>% vis_miss()

# Arrange by wind_ew (wind east west)
___ %>% ___(___) %>% ___()
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