look {AIS}R Documentation

Take a first look at a dataset

Description

This takes a first look at the multivariate structure of a dataset

Usage

        look(x,forceType=TRUE)

Arguments

x a data frame
forceType whether to force non-numeric types for better exploration

Details

This is for initial data exploration. Currently it uses PCA, parallel coordinates, and a heatmap of the correlation matrix.

Value

a firstlook object suitable for printing or plotting

Author(s)

Micah Altman Micah_Altman@harvard.edu http://www.hmdc.harvard.edu/micah_altman/

Examples

        print(fl<-look(swiss))
        plot(fl)

[Package AIS version 1.0 Index]