Reading a Titanic dataset from a CSV file
To start the exploration, we need to retrieve a dataset from Kaggle (https://www.kaggle.com/). We had look at some of the samples in Chapter, Practical Machine Learning with R. Here, we introduce methods to deal with real-world problems.
Getting ready
To retrieve data from Kaggle, you need to first sign up for a Kaggle account (https://www.kaggle.com/account/register). Then, log in to the account for further exploration:
Kaggle.com
How to do it...
Perform the following steps to read the Titanic dataset from the CSV file:
- Go to http://www.kaggle.com/c/titanic-gettingStarted/data to retrieve the data list.
- You can ...
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