Week 1 Notes - Course Introduction

Published

September 8, 2025

Key Concepts Learned

  • [Good review of RStudio and introdution to GitHub.]
  • [Working on proper set up of ‘reno’ which is short for repository.]

Coding Techniques

  • [Connected to GitHub]
  • [Connected to RStudio]

Questions & Challenges

  • [I am still playing with this all. So far so good.]
  • [We will see if I get my website running!]

Connections to Policy

  • [Set up for proper data analytics makes the work SO much easier.]

Reflection

  • [Good intro to GitHub. I am excited and nervous for this course!]
  • [I want to understand modeling and how data affects policy decisions.]