I’m currently trying to analyze data from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS). When combining multiple years worth of data, my files are just over 8 GB after processing/selecting relevant columns. I am using the Apache Arrow R package to load and process the data, which has worked well.

I’m currently trying to analyze data from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS). When combining multiple years worth of data, my files are just over 8 GB after processing/selecting relevant columns. I am using the Apache Arrow R package to load and process the data, which has worked well.

I’m currently trying to analyze data from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS). When combining multiple years worth of data, my files are just over 8 GB after processing/selecting relevant columns. I am using the Apache Arrow R package to load and process the data, which has worked well.