PsyTeachR ADS Ch. 4

NA

A missing value that is “Not Available”

argument

A variable that provides input to a function.

double

A data type representing a real decimal number

console

The pane in RStudio where you can type in commands and view output messages.

global environment

The interactive workspace where your script runs

data type

The kind of data represented by an object.

extension

The end part of a file name that tells you what type of file it is (e.g., .R or .Rmd).

panes

RStudio is arranged with four window “panes”.

tabular data

Data in a rectangular table format, where each row has an entry for each column.

integer

A data type representing whole numbers.

character

A data type representing strings of text.

numeric

A data type representing a real decimal number or integer.

nominal

Categorical variables that don’t have an inherent order, such as types of animal.

logical

A data type representing TRUE or FALSE values.

vector

A type of data structure that collects values with the same data type, like T/F values, numbers, or strings.

URL

The address of a web page (uniform resource locator)

tidyverse

A set of R packages that help you create and work with tidy data

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