Overview Section
In this session we'll work with some qualitative (or categorical) data, using Chapter 2 of Essential R.
Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
- Differentiate between categorical (qualitative; factor) and continuous (quantitative; numeric) variables
- Create qualitative data using factor()
- make basic barcharts
- read in data using scan()
Data and R Code Files Section
The R code file and data files for this lesson can be found on the Essential R - Notes on learning R page.