Muddy Points

Lab 1 Discussion

Modified

January 26, 2026

Muddy Points

1. What does vs vs mean from Lab 1?

These are data types that R uses to store different kinds of data.

  • <dbl> stands for “double” and represents numeric data (numbers with decimal points).
  • <chr> stands for “character” and represents text data (strings of characters).
  • <fct> stands for “factor” and represents categorical data (data that can take

2. Will you be posting your lab code/answers?

No, I do not post my lab code nor answers. Since we all have different variables in our dataset, we will have different code.

3. What would someone do if they need to do the indicator method, but they have a TON of categories?