Big Data & Analytics using R (MCA338) crash course, Online MCA, Semester 3:
This subject introduces big data and the Hadoop ecosystem, covering HDFS, MapReduce, Pig, Hive, HBase and Big SQL, followed by data analysis and machine…
- 17 video lessons
- 5h 58m
- Study notes
- 85 quiz questions
- Assignment

17 lessons in Big Data & Analytics using R
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This subject introduces big data and the Hadoop ecosystem, covering HDFS, MapReduce, Pig, Hive, HBase and Big SQL, followed by data analysis and machine learning in R. After it you will be able to store and process large datasets on Hadoop, query them with Pig and Hive, and load, explore and model data in R.
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Introduction to Big Data and Big Data Analytics
Module I, Introduction To BIG Data and Hadoop: Types of Digital Data, Introduction to Big Data, Big Data Analytics
Introduction to Big Data Analytics 🔥· Perfect Computer Engineer· 8 min
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Hadoop Basics: History, Unix Tools vs Hadoop, Streaming
Module I, Introduction To BIG Data and Hadoop: History of Hadoop, Apache Hadoop, Analysing Data with Unix tools, Analysing Data with Hadoop, Hadoop Streaming
Lec-133: Introduction to Hadoop🐘| What is Hadoop🐘| Hadoop Framework🖥· Gate Smashers· 9 min
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Hadoop Ecosystem and IBM InfoSphere BigInsights
Module I, Introduction To BIG Data and Hadoop: Hadoop Echo System, IBM Big Data Strategy, Introduction to Infosphere BigInsights and Big Sheets
Hadoop🐘Ecosystem | All Components Hdfs🐘,Mapreduce,Hive🐝,Flume,Sqoop,Yarn,Hbase,Zookeeper🪧,Pig🐷· Gate Smashers· 11 min
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HDFS Design, Concepts and Command Line
Module II, HDFS(Hadoop Distributed File System): The Design of HDFS, HDFS Concepts, Command Line Interface, Hadoop file system interfaces, Data flow
BIG DATA ANALYTICS - Design of Hadoop Distributed Files System (HDFS) | HDFS Concepts· Madana Mohana R's ICT Channel· 37 min
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Data Ingestion with Flume, Sqoop and Hadoop Archives
Module II, HDFS(Hadoop Distributed File System): Data Ingest with Flume and Scoop and Hadoop archives
Big Data & Hadoop Full Course - Learn Hadoop In 10 Hours | Hadoop Tutorial For Beginners | Edureka· edureka!· 28 min
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Hadoop I/O: Compression, Serialization and Avro
Module II, HDFS(Hadoop Distributed File System): Hadoop I/O: Compression, Serialization, Avro and File-Based Data structures
Data Serialization in Big Data Analyticts· Sirisha Lectures· 18 min
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Anatomy of a MapReduce Job Run and Failures
Module III, Map Reduce: Anatomy of a Map Reduce Job Run, Failures, Job Scheduling
Anatomy of MapReduce, Failures in MapReduce & YARN | BDA - 2.7· Ayan Memon· 14 min
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MapReduce Shuffle, Sort and Task Execution
Module III, Map Reduce: Shuffle and Sort, Task Execution
Master MapReduce in One Video | Anatomy, Failures, Shuffle & Sort, Task Execution Explained· UniqueAcademy 2.0· 27 min
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MapReduce Types, Formats and Features
Module III, Map Reduce: Map Reduce Types and Formats, Map Reduce Features
MapReduce Types and Formats | BDA - 2.6· Ayan Memon· 5 min
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Apache Pig and Pig Latin Tutorial
Module IV, Hadoop Eco System: Pig : Introduction to PIG, Execution Modes of Pig, Comparison of Pig with Databases, Grunt, Pig Latin, User Defined Functions, Data Processing operators
Unit 5: Pig, Hive and HBase Big Data AKTU With Notes | BTech 3rd Year KCS 061· Engineering in One Video· 38 min
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Apache Hive Architecture and Metastore
Module IV, Hadoop Eco System: Hive : Hive Shell, Hive Services, Hive Metastore, Comparison with Traditional Databases
Apache Hive Introduction & Architecture· Data Engineering· 18 min
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HiveQL: Tables, Queries and UDFs
Module IV, Hadoop Eco System: HiveQL, Tables, Querying Data and User Defined Functions
Unit 5: Pig, Hive and HBase Big Data AKTU With Notes | BTech 3rd Year KCS 061· Engineering in One Video· 15 min
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HBase vs RDBMS and Introduction to Big SQL
Module IV, Hadoop Eco System: Hbase : HBasics, Concepts, Clients, Example, Hbase Versus RDBMS, Big SQL : Introduction
Unit 5: Pig, Hive and HBase Big Data AKTU With Notes | BTech 3rd Year KCS 061· Engineering in One Video· 18 min
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Getting Data into R: Reading Files
Module V, Data Analytics with R: Reading and getting data into R, reading data from files
Learn R From ZERO — Ep. 12: Importing Data in R (Mac + Windows)· Stats with Aaheli· 18 min
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R Data Structures: Factors, Matrices, Lists, Data Frames
Module V, Data Analytics with R: ordered and unordered factors, arrays and matrices, lists and data frames, Manipulating objects
R objects in Hindi | vector list matrix array factor data frame | R tutorial | Jayesh Umre· EasyExamNotes.com· 29 min
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Probability Distributions and Statistical Models in R
Module V, Data Analytics with R: probability distributions, data distribution, statistical models in R
Introduction to R: Probability Distributions· DataDaft· 24 min
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Machine Learning Algorithms in R
Module V, Data Analytics with R: Using Machine learning Algorithms with R
Machine Learning with R | Machine Learning Algorithms | Data Science Training | Edureka· edureka!· 41 min
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Mini Big Data Pipeline: From Hadoop Design to Analysis in R
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Big Data & Analytics using R: common questions
This subject introduces big data and the Hadoop ecosystem, covering HDFS, MapReduce, Pig, Hive, HBase and Big SQL, followed by data analysis and machine learning in R. After it you will be able to store and process large datasets on Hadoop, query them with Pig and Hive, and load, explore and model data in R. It's the Big Data & Analytics using R subject of Online MCA, Semester 3, in 17 lessons: Introduction to Big Data and Big Data Analytics; Hadoop Basics: History, Unix Tools vs Hadoop, Streaming; Hadoop Ecosystem and IBM InfoSphere BigInsights; HDFS Design, Concepts and Command Line; Data Ingestion with Flume, Sqoop and Hadoop Archives; Hadoop I/O: Compression, Serialization and Avro; Anatomy of a MapReduce Job Run and Failures; MapReduce Shuffle, Sort and Task Execution; MapReduce Types, Formats and Features; Apache Pig and Pig Latin Tutorial; Apache Hive Architecture and Metastore; HiveQL: Tables, Queries and UDFs; HBase vs RDBMS and Introduction to Big SQL; Getting Data into R: Reading Files; R Data Structures: Factors, Matrices, Lists, Data Frames; Probability Distributions and Statistical Models in R; Machine Learning Algorithms in R.
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