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Inspecting dataframes

There are several functions you can use to inspect your dataframe. To name a few

  • head: this by default prints the first 6 rows of the dataframe
  • tail: this by default prints the last 6 rows to the console
  • str: this prints the structure of your dataframe
  • dim: this by default prints the dimensions, that is, the number of rows and columns of your dataframe
  • colnames: this prints the names of the columns of your dataframe

This exercise is part of the course

Inferential Statistics

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Exercise instructions

  • Print the first 6 rows of mtcars
  • Print the structure of the dataframe mtcars
  • Print the dimensions of the dataframe mtcars

Hands-on interactive exercise

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

# print the first 6 rows of mtcars


# print the structure of mtcars


# print the dimensions of mtcars

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