Assignment 02: Find Some Data
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To do data analysis, we need some data.
Task 1: Data Sources
Look at the list of practice data sources on the course website. Pick one of the data sources. Alternatively, and better, find a similar source for yourself that you are actually interested in. It doesn’t have to be something you already know how to use or work with. Indeed, it’s probably better if it isn’t. But you should want to know about it. In any case, choose at least one table from whatever the source is and download the data.
Task 2: Set up a Project
Set up a new R project in RStudio, and save the data file in a subdirectory of that project, named data. Create a new Quarto document in the project, and write a short paragraph about the data you downloaded, saying what format you think it is in, how you obtained it, what it contains, what you think you could learn from it, and why you find that interesting.