Getting Started: Introduction to Data, R, and Econometrics

The modules in this unit are Getting Started level. They are intended for people who are totally new to tools like Jupyter and R. All of our other materials rely on these ones, so you could plan to review it carefully.

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If you’re looking for the first notebook, check out Introduction to Jupyter.

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0.1 - Introduction to JupyterNotebooks

Welcome to COMET! This is the very first notebook most of you will do, and it introduces you to some basics of Jupyter and using this project. Have fun!

0.2 - Introduction to R

This notebook introduces you to some fundamental concepts in R. It might be a little complex for a start, but it covers basically all of the fundamental syntax you need to…

0.3.1 - Introduction to Data in R - Part 1

This notebook introduces you to data in R, primarily using the tidyverse set of packages. It includes basic data curation and cleaning, including table-based inspection…

0.3.2 - Introduction to Data in R - Part 2

An introduction to analyzing data using tidyverse and dplyr in R including workflows for loading, merging, cleaning and visualizing data.