Lab-0
Technology Introduction
Dr. Elijah Meyer
Duke University
STA 199 - Fall 2023
2023-08-28
Introductions
–- Meet the TAs!
–- Introduce yourself
Lab Expectations
–- Introduce lab assignment (5-10 minutes, longer today)
–- Work on the lab assignment (you can find it on the course website). You will work with others but your submission must be your own for the first several labs.
–- Lab may end with important announcements
–- If you don’t finish labs in-class they will typically be due on Wednesday at 11:59 pm.
Lab-0 Expectations
– Lab 0 is not graded or turned in
– See R-code for the first time
– Hook up R to GitHub
What is R and RStudio?
– R is a statistical programming language
– RStudio is a convenient interface for R
– This is what we will use to create visualizations and analyze data throughout the semester
– More on this later in-class….
– Let’s explore the R container here
What is GitHub?
– GitHub is a version control software that keeps track of changes to a document
– lets you and others work together on projects from anywhere
– useful real-world tool outside of academia
Hooking up R to GitHub
Why is this so important?
– We will distribute in-class activities, homework, labs, and exams using GitHub
– You can not participate in the course unless you can access these assessments on GitHub
– You must complete lab-0 to be able to do so! So, let’s get into it!
Lab-0
To begin navigate to the schedule page on our website
You can find Lab on https://sta199-f23-2.github.io/ (Bookmark this website!)
–- under the notes column, copy the link and paste the url into a browser or click here
– click the download button (see below)
– open the qmd file in R
– click on the icon under the labs column for lab instructions
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Remember
No programming experience is required or expected to take this class. Come to lecture, lab and office hours. It’s okay to be confused. Stick with it, you will get the hang of it!
Survey
You will be unable to participate in STA199 unless you fill out the Getting to know you survey on Sakai. You can find this here
Please take a moment and do so now. You will also be given time at the of class Tuesday to do so.
