M2 - Reproducibility & Coding Basics

Learning Goals

Introduction to RMarkdown

• Describe the purpose of using R Markdown as a communication and workflow tool
• Learn how to create, edit, save, and knit RMarkdown (“Rmd”) files
• Identify the components of Rmd files (YAML, text, code chunks) and describe what each do
• Incorporate Markdown syntax into documents
• Add and execute code chunks in Rmd files
• Communicate the process and findings of an analysis session in the style of a report

Reproducibility

• Discuss the benefits and approach for reproducible data analysis

RStudio basics/coding in R

• Perform simple operations using R coding syntax
• Call and create functions in R

Lesson documents

Download and import this document to follow along with the recordings.

• 02_Reproducibility_CodingBasics.Rmd

Lab documents

Download the following and upload to your RStudio project’s assignment folder:

• 02Lab_Intro_DataFrame.Rmd

Assignment

Download the following and add to your RStudio project’s assignment folder:

• A02_CodingBasics.Rmd

Recordings

• Intro to Rmarkdown & knitting
• Reproducibility: Best Practices
• RStudio Basics - I
• RStudio Basics - II

Additional Resources

• https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/
• https://zsmith27.github.io/rmarkdown_crash-course
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/introduction-to-r-markdown/#