Chapter 14 Getting Data

Data Science process

14.1 Learning Objectives

Through the completion of this section our goal is that you will be able to:

  • Run basic commands in R
  • Manipulate R objects and understand the differences between R object types
  • Create a data frame
  • Install and use R packages
  • Read in data from a CSV file
  • Create an RMarkdown file
  • Understand the basics of conducting data science in an ethical manner
  • Get a dataset from an online repository and read it into R
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