PsyTeachR FQA Ch. 4

package

A group of R functions.

tabular data

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

tibble

A container for tabular data with some different properties to a data frame

pipe

A way to order your code in a more readable format using the symbol %>%

data type

The kind of data represented by an object.

console

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

object

A word that identifies and stores the value of some data for later use.

assignment operator

The symbol <-, which functions like = and assigns the value on the right to the object on the left

function

A named section of code that can be reused.

vector

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

chunk

A section of code in an R Markdown file

reproducible research

Research that documents all of the steps between raw data and results in a way that can be verified.

outlier

A data point that is extremely distant from most of the other data points

data wrangling

The process of preparing data for visualisation and statistical analysis.

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