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RhoBott / data_at_reed

A repository to manage the D@R update!
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scope question: functions and things #49

Closed simonpcouch closed 3 years ago

simonpcouch commented 3 years ago

Is doing things many times in R within the scope of this documentation? Mostly thinking about writing functions and iterating with purrr. From my understanding, this is not a component of intro stats but is a component of data science (as in MATH 241). not sure if this happens in other courses at reed, though i feel like i've seen some bio courses do this type of stuff as needed.

RhoBott commented 3 years ago

First thought: If you think something would be potentially useful to add to this documentation, let's get it on the list. (Ye olde "trust your gut/instincts" -- if it feels [in this case, important], you're probably right.)

I can imagine applications of these sort of iterative approaches (maybe add in a for, an apply...) for students + faculty doing research as well as coursework.

Or, TL/DR: upvote + support!

simonpcouch commented 3 years ago

Aaaand just chatted with kbott here briefly. Answer for now: sit tight on full-on documentation but drop a short note + link out somewhere in the existing pages.

Main drawbacks to full thing, for posterity: need to dip out of tidyverse for vectors vs lists vs data frames, and keeping things within confines of tidy might be best for maintainability.