Overview
This session will be led by Ella Kaye - an R enthusiast and statistics PhD researcher at the University of Warwick. In the session, Ella will talk us through different ways to get help when you get stuck on a problem in R. We’ll cover how and where to look for answers and how to ask and post good questions that make it easy for others to help you, including a demo of the excellent reprex and datapasta packages. So whether you’re an R novice or more experienced R user, hopefully there’ll be some useful tips for you!
Event details
Event: R Ladies Coventry (the inaugural talk)
Date: October 29th, 2020
Location: Zoom
I gave a very slightly updated version of the talk again three months later:
Event: bseeR
Date: January 28th, 2021
Location: Microsoft Teams
Key points
When faced with a question/problem, have a good look for an answer in R itself and/or online
Don’t be shy about asking questions!
Write reproducible examples, best with the {reprex} package
Give thought to where you ask/post your question
Give back by helping others
Slides
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Citation
@online{kaye2020,
author = {Kaye, Ella},
title = {How to Get Help in {R}},
date = {2020-10-29},
url = {https://ellakaye.co.uk/talks/2020-10-29_how-to-get-help-in-r/},
langid = {en}
}