firstLook              package:accuracy              R Documentation

_T_a_k_e _a _f_i_r_s_t _l_o_o_k _a_t _a _d_a_t_a_s_e_t

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

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

_U_s_a_g_e:

             firstLook(x,forceType=TRUE)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       x: a data frame

forceType: whether to force non-numeric types for better exploration

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

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

_V_a_l_u_e:

     a firstlook object suitable for printing or plotting

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Micah Altman Micah_Altman\@harvard.edu <URL:
     http://www.hmdc.harvard.edu/micah_altman/>

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Altman, M., J. Gill and M. P. McDonald.  2003.  _Numerical Issues
     in Statistical Computing for the Social Scientist_.  John Wiley &
     Sons. <URL: http://www.hmdc.harvard.edu/numerical_issues/>

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

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

