Week 1 Notes - Course Introduction

Published

September 8, 2025

Key Concepts Learned

  • • Tidyverse presents data as ‘tibbles’ – presents better
  • it Uses data_
  • R presents data as data frames
  • Uses data.
  • Select1 <- select(car_data, column1, column2….)
  • Mutate(car_data, price_k = Price / 1000)
  • Filter(car_data, Price > 2000)
  • Rename – to rename columns

Coding Techniques

  • [New R functions or approaches]
  • [Quarto features learned]

Questions & Challenges

  • [What I didn’t fully understand]
  • [Areas needing more practice]

Connections to Policy

  • [How this week’s content applies to real policy work]

Reflection

  • [What was most interesting]
  • [How I’ll apply this knowledge]