Pokemon

I acquired the data from Alberto Barradas at https://www.kaggle.com/abcsds/pokemon. I needed to edit some of the variable names and remove the Total variable in order for my students to use this data for class. Otherwise, I would have just had them use his version of the data.

This dataset is for my Introduction to Data Science and Machine Learning Course. Using a modified Pokémon dataset acquired from Kaggle.com, I created example code for students demonstrating how to explore data with R.

Barradas provides the following description of each variable. I have modified the variable names to make them easier to deal with.

• Num: ID for each Pokémon.
• Name: Name of each Pokémon.
• Type1: Each Pokémon has a type, this determines weakness/resistance to attacks.
• Type2: Some Pokémon are dual type and have 2.
• HP: Hit points, or health, defines how much damage a Pokémon can withstand before fainting.
• Attack: The base modifier for normal attacks (eg. Scratch, Punch).
• Defense: The base damage resistance against normal attacks.
• SPAtk: Special attack, the base modifier for special attacks (e.g. fire blast, bubble beam).
• SPDef: The base damage resistance against special attacks.
• Speed: Determines which Pokémon attacks first each round.
• Generation: Number of generation.
• Legendary: True if Legendary Pokémon, False if not.