Part IV: Advanced Topics
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Memory and Computational Efficiency
Statistical Computing using R and Python
Preface
Part I: Tools
1
Computer Basics
2
Setting Up Your Computer
3
RStudio’s Interface
4
Scripts and Notebooks and Terminals
5
Version Control with Git
6
Reproducibility and Professional Communication
Part II: General Programming
7
Introduction to Programming
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Variables and Basic Data Types
9
Mathematical and Logical Operators
10
Functions, Packages, and Environments
11
Data Structures
12
Matrix Calculations
13
Control Structures
14
Writing Functions
15
Debugging
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Programming With Data
Part III: Data Wrangling
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Data Input
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Data Visualization Basics
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Exploratory Data Analysis
20
A Grammar of Graphics
21
Creating Good Charts
22
Data Cleaning
23
Working with Strings
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Reshaping Data
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Normal Forms of Data
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Joining Data
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Dates and Times
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Functional Programming
Part IV: Advanced Topics
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Simulation
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Data Documentation
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Web Scraping
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Record-based Data and List Processing Strategies
33
Application Programming Interfaces
34
Working with PDFs
35
Animated and Interactive Graphics
36
JavaScript Graphics
37
“Big” Data
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Databases
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Efficient Data Access: Arrow and Parquet Files
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Memory and Computational Efficiency
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Other Topics
Part IV: Advanced Topics
40
Memory and Computational Efficiency
40
Memory and Computational Efficiency
Published
October 29, 2025
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Efficient Data Access: Arrow and Parquet Files
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Other Topics