Convert Intro to R Chapters to Quarto

[mbcann01]

Overview

2024-05-21

• I finished moving over the introduction and front matter yesterday.
• Now, we need to move over all of the chapters we use for Intro to R to the Quarto version of R4Epi. We will treat the Epi III chapters as a separate task because they are generally less well-developed.
• I don't think we actually need the pictures at the beginning of the chapters, the main points at the top of the chapter, or the summary at the end of the chapter. I looked at several other books and most of them don't have these elements. Additionally, the Quarto book comes built-in with a table of contents, of and within, chapters.

Converting R4Epi to Quarto

• In the R4Epi Quarto repo, create a new folder in chapters for the chapter you are converting. Name it the same thing as the chapter name.
• Move the .Rmd file over and change the file extension to .qmd.
• Move images and other media to the folder you created above.
• For each code chunk
  • Change the code chunk options to Quarto format. At least, it should have a label and echo option. The find and replace tool can be helpful with all of these.
  • Prefix the label with the chapter name. For example: #| label: installing_r_and_rstudio_screenshot_cran.
  • After the chapter prefix, use the name of the media file being used in the code chunk, if applicable.
  • Set echo to false with: #| echo: false
  • Don't forget to remove the old code chunk options. For example: {r screenshot-cran, echo=FALSE}
  • Update the file paths for media files you moved over above.
• Look at the Planner board to see if changes need to be made to the chapter.

• 130

• Change all "I" language to "we" language when speaking as the author(s). For example, change "In this chapter, I cover how to ..." to ""In this chapter, we cover how to ...""
• Change some bolded words to glossary entries.
• Convert notes and warnings to Quarto's built-in call-out boxes.
• Remove images at the beginning of chapters, summaries at the end, etc., if they exist.
• Add the chapter to _quarto.yml.

Useful links

• R4Epi
• R4Epi Quarto Version
• Test Quarto Book
• R4Epi Wiki

Tasks

• [x] Installing R and RStudio
• [ ] #94
• [x] What is R?
• [x] Navigating the RStudio Interface
• [x] Speaking R's Language
• [x] Let's Get Programming
• [x] Asking Questions
• [x] R Scripts
• [ ] Quarto Files
• [ ] R Projects
• [ ] Coding Best Practices
• [ ] Using Pipes
• [ ] Introduction to Data Transfer
• [ ] File Paths
• [ ] Importing Plain Text Files
• [ ] Importing Binary Files
• [ ] RStudio's Data Import Tool
• [ ] Exporting Data
• [ ] Introduction to Descriptive Analysis
• [ ] Numerical Descriptions of Categorical Variables
• [ ] Measures of Central Tendency
• [ ] Measures of Dispersion
• [ ] Describing the Relationship Between a Continuous Outcome and a Continuous Predictor
• [ ] Describing the Relationship Between a Continuous Outcome and a Categorical Predictor
• [ ] Describing the Relationship Between a Categorical Outcome and a Categorical Predictor
• [ ] Introduction to Data Management
• [ ] Creating and Modifying Columns
• [ ] Subsetting Data Frames
• [ ] Working with Dates
• [ ] Working with Character Strings
• [ ] Conditional Operations
• [ ] Working with Multiple Data Frames
• [ ] Restructuring Data frames
• [ ] Introduction to Repeated Operations
• [ ] Writing Functions
• [ ] Column-wise Operations in dplyr
• [ ] Writing For Loops
• [ ] Using the purrr Package
• [ ] Introduction to git and GitHub
• [ ] Using git and GitHub

[mbcann01]

2024-05-21

• Moved over the chapter on Installing R and RStudio.
• Next, turn it into an appendix.

[bmbuchanan93]

@mbcann01 all of section 1 is ready to be reviewed!

[mbcann01]

Thank you!

[mbcann01]

@bmbuchanan93 I started reviewing the Navigating RStudio chapter today. Thank you for converting it over! You can see some of my notes in #163.

I noticed that the chapter will need new screenshots. The appearance of RStudio has changed a little bit. For example, “jobs” now says “background jobs”. Additionally, RStudio doesn’t show the project you’re working on in the top right corner anymore. Do you think you'd be able to help me with that?