examples/basic-eda.lisp

   1 ;;; -*- mode: lisp -*-
   2
   3 ;;; Time-stamp: <2009-04-19 09:50:21 tony>
   4 ;;; Creation:   <2009-04-19 09:41:09 tony>
   5 ;;; File:       basic-eda.lisp
   6 ;;; Author:     AJ Rossini <blindglobe@gmail.com>
   7 ;;; Copyright:  (c)2009--, AJ Rossini.  BSD, MIT, LLGPL, or
   8 ;;;             GPLv2+, or GPLv3+ depending on how it arrives.
   9 ;;; Purpose:    Example of basic exploratory data analysis in CLS.
  10
  11 ;;; What is this talk of 'release'? Klingons do not make software
  12 ;;; 'releases'.  Our software 'escapes', leaving a bloody trail of
  13 ;;; designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
  14
  15
  16 (in-package :ls-user)
  17
  18 (defparameter *my-df*
  19   (make-dataframe
  20    (rsm.string::filestream->string-table
  21     "/path/to/file.dsv"))
  22   "Initial read-in of data.")
  23
  24 ;; Summarize is the basic EDA tool -- it accepts symbols or lists of
  25 ;; symbols, to describe what to do, and how to do it.  The resulting
  26 ;; data structure has a means for re-invoking the result as well as
  27 ;; partial storage of key results (when appropriate) as well as
  28 ;; metadata about the results (time / context if provided).
  29
  30 (defparameter *my-df-smry-num*
  31   (summarize *my-df* :type 'numerical :io 'listing)
  32   "First numerical summary of *my-df-smry*")
  33
  34 (defparameter *my-df-smry-num*
  35   (summarize *my-df*
  36              :type 'numerical
  37              :io 'report-pdf
  38              :device '(file "output.pdf"))
  39   "First numerical summary of *my-df-smry*")
  40
  41 (defparameter *my-df-smry-vis*
  42   (summarize *my-df*
  43              :type 'visual
  44              :io 'interactive
  45              :device 'xwin)
  46   "visual summary")
  47
  48 (defparameter *my-df-smry-vis*
  49   (summarize *my-df* :type 'visual :io 'interactive-dynamic)
  50   "visual summary")
  51
  52 (defparameter *my-df-smry-vis*
  53   (summarize *my-df* :type 'visual :io 'static)
  54   "visual summary")
  55