Week 2 Overview

This wraps up the content for week 1. Now we require some practice! You should head back to our Moodle site to check out your homework assignment for this week.

This second week we’ll go through a systematic view of the most common data objects you’ll see in R. We’ll see how to access these objects using Base R commands. 

Week 2 Additional Readings/Learning Materials

Common Data Objects in R

• Chapter 12 of R 4 Data Science
• Chapter 27 of R 4 Data Science (27.1-27.3)

Week 2 Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this week, students will be able to: (CO is the corresponding course learning objective this helps build toward)

R Basics

1.   create common data objects such as data frames, matrices, vectors, and lists and subset each of them

   1. recognize the most appropriate method for accessing an R object
      b. determine the appropriate type of object in which to save differing types of data
      c. contrast matrices and data frames
      d. determine the type of R object you are working with
      e. compare and contrast the attributes of the common data types

2.   utilize R help and other resources to appropriately use and/or modify an R function or object

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