MANIPULATION OF LARGE DATABASES WITH "R"

Ana Maria Dobre and Andreea Gagiu
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Ana Maria Dobre: National Institute of Statistics
Andreea Gagiu: National Institute of Statistics
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Ana Maria Ciuhu

No 5, Working papers from Ecological University of Bucharest, Department of Economics

Abstract: Nowadays knowledge is power. In the informational era, the ability to manipulate large datasets is essential for making long term strategies. More and more companies and official statistics offices need to use large databases but also by increasing the volume of data it increases the complexity of manipulating it. A basic economy rule is that the supply follows the demand; hereby, much software for manipulating big data was created in order to follow the necessity. The aim of this paper is to underline the performance of R in manipulating large databases. Regarding to this, the paper is primarily intended for people already familiar with common databases and statistical concepts. The paper illustrates as its best how simply R - both open-source and commercial versions – is used to handle large databases manipulation.

Keywords: R statistical software; data manipulation; big data; large databases; statistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C44 C61 C82 C87 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2013-04
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