Prerequisites

Knowledge prerequisites

There are no specific knowledge prerequisites for this book but it will be very helpful if you have read and worked through the Data Driven Visualisation, Data Exploration, Intro to Stats, Estimation Statistics and Bayesian Inference books and are familiar with R use.

Software prerequisites

You need to install the following stuff for this book:

1. R
2. RStudio
3. Some R packages: tidyverse, factoextra, patchwork

Installing R

Follow this link and install the right version for your operating system https://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/

Installing RStudio

Follow this link and install the right version for your operating system https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/

Installing R packages in RStudio

Standard packages

In the RStudio console, type

install.packages(c("tidyverse","factoextra", "patchwork", "ggdendro", "class", "caret", "e1071","randomForest", "neuralnet"))