Prompt for Monday, March 12
We will replicate this plot in R, focusing on how the same processes are being implemented in different ways. Open the two R files in RStudio.
Have R and RStudio installed. The book
R for Data Science
will be useful (free online version through Cornell library).
Data from
FBI uniform crime reporting
and the
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
.
Simple Linear Regression
and
Least Squares
.
The more-than-expected argument pattern
What is a model, and why is it useful?
What is a linear model? What makes a linear model good?
Which state has more vandals?