cm011 2014-10-08 Wednesday overview

• HW05 will be due Thursday 2014-10-16. Will cover reordering factors and data; verifying differences in tables/figs before vs after, and how such things interact with different methods of storing data to file.
• Expect an optional, non-marked homework around the STAT545 –> STAT547 transition
  • clean up your README.md
  • create a useful index into your homework / entire repo
  • identify some non-Gapminder data that interests you and might interest others
• I’m still thinking about Wednesday vs Thursday vs Friday as HW submission day for next half of term….
• Today
  • HW02 observations I will post what I showed somewhere private to us and publicize a link
  • Writing (derived) data to file: when to do it which way
  • Indicative code from our hands on activities
  • 2013 lesson will be brought into 2014 repo; no major content change but will, e.g., switch over to dplyr
• Monday 2014-10-13
  • NO CLASS. THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
• Wednesday 2014-10-15
  • Back to figs: effective graphs, be the boss of colors
  • I’m taking suggestions over on the Discussion repo. Can’t promise to cover everything in class, but will provide some response if possible.