firstLook {accuracy} | R Documentation

## Take a first look at a dataset

### Description

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

### Usage

            firstLook(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/

### References

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

### Examples

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

[Package accuracy version 1.35 Index]