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Missing Data In R :-

In R, missing values are represented by the


symbol NA (not available).
R uses the same symbol for character and numeric data.
Ex.
> x=NA
> print(x)
[1] NA

> y=c(1,2,3,NA)
> print(y)
[1] 1 2 3 NA

Testing for Missing Values:-

[Link] detect the missing observation .

It gives a logical value . TRUE OR FALSE.

Ex.

> a= NA # returns TRUE of a is missing

> [Link](a)

[1] TRUE
> b=c(1,2,3,4,NA) # returns a vector (F F F F T)

> [Link](b)

[1] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE

NOTE := NA and NULL both are not same thing .

NA -> Placeholder for some missing value .

NULL -> Something never existing at all .

Mean with the missing value :-


Arithmetic functions on missing values yield missing
values.
Calculating mean with missing values is not possible it will
generate error .
Ex.
>b
[1] 1 2 3 4 NA
> mean(b)
[1] NA

Excluding Missing Values from Analyses :-


To exclude missing value we will use an argument [Link]
=TRUE , it takes a logiacal value ,TRUE for removing
missing value.

Ex.

> a=c(1,2,3,NA,5,6,7,NA,NA)

>a

[1] 1 2 3 NA 5 6 7 NA NA

> mean(a,[Link]=T) (1+2+3+5+6+7)/6 =4

[1] 4

Thank you

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