Lecture 6

Overview

• Importing and exporting data in R
• Introduction to relational data
• Using dplyr to manage relational data in R (e.g., linking and merging related tables)

Readings

Importing/exporting data in R:

• Read “Chapter 7 Data import” from “R for Data Science” 2nd Edition.
• readr Documentation

Relational data:

• Read “Chapter 19 Joins” from “R for Data Science” 2nd Edition.

Class materials

In-class materials (exercises and code) will be posted here shortly before class.