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Week 6 Coworking Session (Spring 2025)

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Mike LeVan

Mike LeVan • April 9, 2025

Questions I was thinking about during the lessons. Maybe you can discuss them on Tuesday?

  1. What should we be looking for to know the data is not tidy? I will ask myself, "What are the variables?" and make sure that each column is a variable. Is there something similar for the rows and cells? The cells question might be more obvious if there are multiple values in a cell, but what if not?

  2. In the assignments we are asked to pivot_longer and then change variable names. Would it be more advantageous to clean up the names first or dies it really matter?

I understand that any data set can be useful and it doesn't always have to be tidy. I get that if it is tidy, it makes creating scripts and algorithms easier because of the consistency. My biggest question really has to do with how to recognize when data is or is not tidy. What questions can I ask myself to check to see if the data is try or not.

Thanks!

Gracielle Higino

Gracielle Higino Coach • April 9, 2025

That's amazing, Mike! Keep the questions coming! I'll prepare some exercises to help us think about these.

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