Root directory

/R

/data

/img

/presentations

/etc

Use relative file address

• read.csv(“C:/My Documents/econ413/Group_A/data/mydata.csv”)
• read.csv(“data/mydata.csv”)

• Data handling
• Analysis
• Presentation

• 01_read_data.R
• 02_clean_data.R
• 10_decriptives.R
• 11_regression analysis.R
• 20_presentation_econ413.Rmd
• 21_presentation_conference.Rmd

• Nouns for data objects (electionData, election.data, election_data)
• Verbs for functions (findMeanValue)
  • Do not use existing names (sum, length, etc.)

Use updated packages - check for updates

Use vectorization

Review and test your code

• Go step-by-step by checking each line

Errors should be raised using stop() function

Remove temporary objects

Write functions

• For repetitive tasks
• For a clean code

Time the code (if a part takes a lot of time to execute)

Do not save the workspace

Use version control (git)

Share your code (github)

Cite others