Assignment
Births csv dataset contains data about newborn babies and their mothers collected at a hospital in North Carolina. Download it from Canvas and copy (or upload if Server) it to R's working directory.
Read the dataset first by running the following lines.
b = read csv ("Births csv")
View (b)
Name of the dataset is b.
Answer the following questions.
1. How many rows and columns are there in the dataset?
2. Is there any missing values in the dataframe?
3. List column names and then rename the "lowbirthweight" variable to "lowweight".
4. List babies weight and mother's age for smoking mothers who are mature moms.
5. List baby's gender and gained weight by mothers who are younger than 20 and not married.
6. Create two vectors:
a. Babies' weight vector for female babies
b. Babies' weight vector for male babies
7. Using the vectors in Question 6, calculate average weight for each.
Which gender is heavier on average? Hint: Use function mean().
8. Calculate a new vector based on the following formula
(gained - weight)/weeks. Name this vector "extraPerWeek"
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.