Data transformation

Overview

• Identify computer programming as a form of problem solving
• Practice decomposing an analytical goal into a set of discrete, computational tasks
• Identify the verbs for a language of data manipulation
• Clarify confusing aspects of data transformation from R for Data Science
• Practice transforming data

Before class

• Read Chapters 5-6 from R for Data Science

Class materials

• Computer programming as a form of problem solving
• dplyr in brief
• Practice transforming college education (data)

Additional resources

• Data Wrangling with dplyr and tidyr Cheat Sheet

What you need to do after class

• Complete your peer evaluations for homework 01. Review the following:
  • General Homework Rubric
  • Performing peer review
  • To find which peers you will evaluate:
    • Navigate to the pull request page for hw01
    • Click Reviews > Awaiting review from you
    • If you submitted your pull request on-time, you were randomly assigned two other pull requests to evaluate. If you did not submit your pull request on-time, you are still expected to perform two peer evaluations. Select any two pull requests and provide feedback on their submission.