Introduction to Dplyr

Code and Text for Quiz 3

Load the packages that we need

Read data into R.

corp_tax <- read_excel(here("corp_tax.xlsx"))

Let’s look at Occidental Petroleum in the corp_tax tibble.

result <- corp_tax %>% 
  filter(company == "Occidental Petroleum")

result
# A tibble: 1 x 5
  company              profit   tax tax_rate industry            
  <chr>                 <dbl> <dbl>    <dbl> <chr>               
1 Occidental Petroleum   3379   -23 -0.00681 Oil, gas & pipelines

Occidental Petroleum is in the Oil, gas & pipelines industry. It had a profit of $ 3379 million and tax of $-23 million. It’s tax rate was -0.7%


Let’s find the company in the Industrial Machinery industry with the highest profit.

result <- corp_tax %>% 
  filter(industry == "Industrial machinery") %>% 
  slice_max(profit, n=1)
result
# A tibble: 1 x 5
  company                 profit   tax tax_rate industry            
  <chr>                    <dbl> <dbl>    <dbl> <chr>               
1 Honeywell International   2830   -71  -0.0251 Industrial machinery

Honeywell International is in the Industrial machinery industry. It had the highest profit of $ 2830 million and tax of $-71 million. It’s tax rate was -2.5%