Using ratios to describe the frequency of a name
In the video, you learned how to find the difference in the frequency of a baby name between consecutive years. What if instead of finding the difference, you wanted to find the ratio?
You'll start with the babynames_fraction data already, so that you can consider the popularity of each name within each year.
Deze oefening maakt deel uit van de cursus
Data Manipulation with dplyr
Oefeninstructies
- Arrange the data in ascending order of name and then year.
- Group by name so that your mutate works within each name.
- Add a column
ratiocontaining the ratio (not difference) offractionbetween each year.
Praktische interactieve oefening
Probeer deze oefening eens door deze voorbeeldcode in te vullen.
babynames_fraction %>%
# Arrange the data in order of name, then year
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# Group the data by name
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# Add a ratio column that contains the ratio of fraction between each year
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