But really, one is enough. Pick a package from the list below, and use it to do something. If you want to use a package not on this list, that’s also ok, but run it by me first (so that I can confirm it’s not one we introduce in class so far, the goal is to work with a new package).
These packages can be installed with:
install.packages("PACKAGENAME")
The package manuals are linked below, however developers of the packages might have additional information on the GitHub repo of the package.
These packages can be installed with:
library(devtools)
install_github("USERNAME/PACKAGENAME")
USERNAME
refers to the user name of the developer of the package. For example, for the first package listed below, USERNAME
is hadley
and PACKAGENAME
is emo
.
The package manuals are linked below, however developers of the packages might have additional information on the GitHub repo of the package.
Go to the #assignment-links channel on Slack and click on the link for mini-hw-07, and accept the assignment. Note that this is an individual assignment.
install.packages
.install_github
function. See above for details.Regardless of how you installed the package you can load it with the library
function.
Do something with the package. It doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, keep it simple. The goal is to try to read and understand the package documentation to be able to carry out a simple task.
Give me a brief narrative of what you did.
Total | 10 pts |
---|---|
Package name stated | 1 pt |
Package successfully installed | 1 pt |
Task successfully carried out and brief narrative provided | 5 pt |
Code style and informatively named code chunks | 1 pt |
Commit frequency and informative messages | 1 pt |
Overall organization | 1 pt |