Activity 8 - Special Variables

It is assumed that you have read Chapters 14, 15, and 16 from R4DS and completed the Preparation items.

In this activity, you will somewhat choose your own adventure to use the various packages for handling special variables in R.

☑️ Task 1: The Workflow

Fork this repo and clone it to a new RStudio Project.

Remember that more detailed directions can be found in Task 1 of Activity 6.

Planned Pause Point: If you have any questions, contact your instructor or another group. We will complete this Activity during our next class session

☑️ Task 2: Choose an RMarkdown File

There are two Rmd file options for this activity: activity08-special-variables.Rmd or activity08-strings.Rmd. Both files use the same dataset. The strings file provides more directions focusing on dates and parsing strings, while the special variables has a “exploratory” feeling to it. For the rest of this class period, you will complete the RMarkdown document with your neighbor(s). Your instructor will be circling and be available to help when needed.

Note that each person is working in their own repo. We are not worrying about collaborating for the time being and instead will be working on being more comfortable with the workflow for working between RStudio and GitHub.

However, do not continue in this README document until you and your neighbor(s) have completed your .Rmd files.

☑️ Task 3: Reflection

This is the end of the activities for preparing data. What do you feel like you have a good grasp of? What could you use more practice with?

Next: Next week we will spend time working on your Project.