biglm finds the wrong data.frame to take the data from - r

I am trying to create chunks of my dataset to run biglm. (with fastLm I would need 350Gb of RAM)
My complete dataset is called res. As experiment I drastically decreased the size to 10.000 rows. I want to create chunks to use with biglm.
library(biglm)
formula <- iris$Sepal.Length ~ iris$Sepal.Width
test <- iris[1:10,]
biglm(formula, test)
And somehow, I get the following output:
> test <- iris[1:10,]
> test
Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa
2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa
3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa
4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa
5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa
6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa
7 4.6 3.4 1.4 0.3 setosa
8 5.0 3.4 1.5 0.2 setosa
9 4.4 2.9 1.4 0.2 setosa
10 4.9 3.1 1.5 0.1 setosa
Above you can see the matrix test contains 10 rows. Yet when running biglm it shows a sample size of 150
> biglm(formula, test)
Large data regression model: biglm(formula, test)
Sample size = 150
Looks like it uses iris instead of test.. how is this possible and how do I get biglm to use chunk1 the way I intend it to?

I suspect the following line is to blame:
formula <- iris$Sepal.Length ~ iris$Sepal.Width
where in the formula you explicitly reference the iris dataset. This will cause R to try and find the iris dataset when lm is called, which it finds in the global environment (because of R's scoping rules).
In a formula you normally do not use vectors, but simply the column names:
formula <- Sepal.Length ~ Sepal.Width
This will ensure that the formula contains only the column (or variable) names, which will be found in the data lm is passed. So, lm will use test in stead of iris.

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Repeated Simulation of New Data Prediction with Tidymodels (Parsnip XGboost)

I have a model, called predictive_fit <- fit(workflow, training) that classifies the Iris dataset species using xgboost. The data are pivoted wide such that each species is a dummied column represented by a 0 or 1. Here, I am trying to predict Virginica based on the Sepal and Petal columns.
Currently, I have the following code which then takes the dataset after the model has been fit to test if it can accurately predict the Virginia species of iris. (Snippet below)
testing_data <-
test %>%
bind_cols(
predict(predictive_fit, test)
)
I cannot, however, figure out how to scale this up with simulation. If I have another dataset with exactly the same structure, I would like to predict whether it is Virginica 100 times. (Snippet below)
new_iris_data <-
new_iris_data %>%
bind_cols(
replicate(n = 100, predict(predictive_fit, new_iris_data))
)
However, it looks as if when I run the new data the same predictions are just being copied 100 times. What is the appropriate way to repeatedly predict the classification? I wouldn't expect that all 100 times the model would predict exactly the same thing, but I'd like some way to have the predictions run n number of times so each and every row of new data can have its own proportion calculated.
I have already tried using the replicate() function to try this. However, it appears as if it copies the same exact results 100 times. I considered having a for loop that iterated through a different seed and then ran the predictions, but I was hoping for a more performant solution out there.
You are replicating the prediction of you model, not the data.frame you call new_iris_data, and the result is exactly that. In order to replicate a (random) part of the iris dataset, try this:
> data("iris")
>
> sample <- sample(nrow(iris), floor(nrow(iris) * 0.5))
>
> train <- iris[sample,]
> test <- iris[-sample,]
>
> new_test <- replicate(100, test, simplify = FALSE)
> new_test <- Reduce(rbind.data.frame, new_test)
>
> head(new_test)
Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa
4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa
5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa
6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa
8 5.0 3.4 1.5 0.2 setosa
9 4.4 2.9 1.4 0.2 setosa
> nrow(new_test)
[1] 7500
The you can use the new_test in any prediction, independent of the model.
If you want 100 differents random parts of the data set, you need to drop the replicate function and do something like:
> new_test <- lapply(1:100, function(x) {
+ sample <- sample(nrow(iris), floor(nrow(iris) * 0.5))
+ iris[-sample,]
+ })
>
> new_test <- Reduce(rbind.data.frame, new_test)
>
> head(new_test)
Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa
7 4.6 3.4 1.4 0.3 setosa
10 4.9 3.1 1.5 0.1 setosa
11 5.4 3.7 1.5 0.2 setosa
13 4.8 3.0 1.4 0.1 setosa
18 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.3 setosa
> nrow(new_test)
[1] 7500
>
Hope it helps.

way to customize zScore function with r

I am new to R and have a question.
Create a function, zScore, that will take a vector of numbers (x) and converts them to a vector of z-scaled numbers (see code below). (Don't worry about NA's)
#This creates the z-scaled numbers for sepal lengths
(iris$Sepal.Length - mean(iris$Sepal.Length))/sd(iris$Sepal.Length)
#This creates the z-scaled numbers for sepal widths
(iris$Sepal.Width - mean(iris$Sepal.Width))/sd(iris$Sepal.Width)
write a zScore function that is flexible.
thank you for any help you provide
You can use the following code:
# Z-score function
zscore <- function(x) {
(x - mean(x))/sd(x)
}
library(tidyverse)
iris %>%
mutate(zscore_sepal.length = zscore(Sepal.Length)) %>%
mutate(zscore_sepal.width = zscore(Sepal.Width))
Output:
Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species zscore_sepal.length zscore_sepal.width
1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa -1.95660229 -3.514384
2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa -2.15660229 -4.014384
3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa -2.35660229 -3.814384
4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa -2.45660229 -3.914384
5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa -2.05660229 -3.414384

Is it possible to combine parameters to a subset function that is generated programmatically in R?

Before my question, here is a little background.
I am creating a general purpose data shaping and charting library for plotting survey data of a particular format.
As part of my scripts, I am using the subset function on my data frame. The way I am working is that I have a parameter file where I can pass this subsetting criteria into my functions (so I don't need to directly edit my main library). The way I do this is as follows:
subset_criteria <- expression(variable1 != "" & variable2 == TRUE)
(where variable1 and variable2 are columns in my data frame, for example).
Then in my function, I call this as follows:
my.subset <- subset(my.data, eval(subset_criteria))
This part works exactly as I want it to work. But now I want to augment that subsetting criteria inside the function, based on some other calculations that can only be performed inside the function. So I am trying to find a way to combine together these subsetting expressions.
Imagine inside my function I create some new column in my data frame automatically, and then I want to add a condition to my subsetting that says that this additional column must be TRUE.
Essentially, I do the following:
my.data$newcolumn <- with(my.data, ifelse(...some condition..., TRUE, FALSE))
Then I want my subsetting to end up being:
my.subset <- subset(my.data, eval(subset_criteria & newcolumn == TRUE))
But it does not seem like simply doing what I list above is valid. I get the wrong solution. So I'm looking for a way of combining these expressions using expression and eval so that I essentially get the combination of all the conditions.
Thanks for any pointers. It would be great if I can do this without having to rewrite how I do all my expressions, but I understand that might be what is needed...
Bob
You should probably avoid two things: using subset in non-interactive setting (see warning in the help pages) and eval(parse()). Here we go.
You can change the expression into a string and append it whatever you want. The trick is to convert the string back to expression. This is where the aforementioned parse comes in.
sub1 <- expression(Species == "setosa")
subset(iris, eval(sub1))
sub2 <- paste(sub1, '&', 'Petal.Width > 0.2')
subset(iris, eval(parse(text = sub2))) # your case
> subset(iris, eval(parse(text = sub2)))
Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa
7 4.6 3.4 1.4 0.3 setosa
16 5.7 4.4 1.5 0.4 setosa
17 5.4 3.9 1.3 0.4 setosa
18 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.3 setosa
19 5.7 3.8 1.7 0.3 setosa
20 5.1 3.8 1.5 0.3 setosa
22 5.1 3.7 1.5 0.4 setosa
24 5.1 3.3 1.7 0.5 setosa
27 5.0 3.4 1.6 0.4 setosa
32 5.4 3.4 1.5 0.4 setosa
41 5.0 3.5 1.3 0.3 setosa
42 4.5 2.3 1.3 0.3 setosa
44 5.0 3.5 1.6 0.6 setosa
45 5.1 3.8 1.9 0.4 setosa
46 4.8 3.0 1.4 0.3 setosa

accessing variables in data frame in R

I am try to open all the csv files in my working directory and read all the tables into a large list of data frame. I find a similar solution on stackoverflow and the solution works. The code is:
load_data <- function(path)
{
files <- dir(path, pattern = '\\.csv', full.names = TRUE)
tables <- lapply(files, read.csv)
do.call(rbind, tables)
}
pollutantmean <- load_data("specdata")
However, I am confused to some steps. If I delete or omit do.call(rbind,tables), I am not able to access the column variables by calling tables[index]$variable. It returns NULL in the console. Then I try to print an output by calling tables[index] and I do not see any column variables' name appearing the the first row in the table. Can someone explain to me what cause the column variables' name missing and return NULL value?
To see why you are getting NULL let's create a reproducible example:
df1 <- head(mtcars)
df2 <- head(iris)
my_list <- list(df1, df2)
Test the subsetting with one bracket and two:
my_list[2]$Species
NULL
my_list[[2]]$Species
[1] setosa setosa setosa setosa setosa setosa
Levels: setosa versicolor virginica
Subsetting with two brackets produces the desired output.
Further Explanation
Why doesn't one bracket work?
> my_list[2]
# [[1]]
# Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
# 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa
# 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa
# 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa
# 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa
# 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa
# 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa
> my_list[[2]]
# Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
# 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa
# 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa
# 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa
# 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa
# 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa
# 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa
If someone couldn't tell the difference between the two outputs I wouldn't blame them, they look alike. There's one small important difference between using one bracket and two. The first returns a list, the second returns a data frame. To check, notice the [[1]] in the first line of the output of my_list[2]. That indicates that the output is a list. As a list we cannot analyze it as we would a data frame. We must use the two brackets to get back a data frame.

Plotting a table in R

I want to plot a table of my data frame with lines and color formatting. So far the only solution I have come up with is through packages xtables and data.table but I seem to get the output in Latex code.
How do I output this code in R to see what it looks like?
Is there no simple solution for plotting a table with the base package?
Use plot function.
For example data set iris, which is available in R by default.
There are 5 columns there.
Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa
2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa
3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa
4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa
5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa
6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa
You can plot it using
plot(Sepal.Length ~ Sepal.Width, data = iris)

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