README.md

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datateachr

Pronounced “Data Teacher”

The goal of datateachr is to provide an easy way to access open source data for educational purposes. It contains several semi-tidied data sets obtained from multiple sources.

Installation

You can install the development version from GitHub with:

install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("UBC-MDS/datateachr")

Vignette

You may also access this information through our vignette. First use this command for installation:

install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("UBC-MDS/datateachr", build_vignettes = TRUE)

And to read the vignette use:

library(datateachr)
browseVignettes("datateachr")

Data

This package currently contains the following data sets:

• apt_buildings: Acquired courtesy of The City of Toronto’s Open Data Portal. It currently has 3455 rows and 37 columns.

• building_permits: Acquired courtesy of The City of Vancouver’s Open Data Portal. It currently has 20680 rows and 14 columns.

• cancer_sample: Acquired courtesy of UCI Machine Learning Repository. It currently has 569 rows and 32 columns.

• flow_sample: Acquired courtesy of The Government of Canada’s Historical Hydrometric Database. It currently has 218 rows and 7 columns.

• parking_meters: Acquired courtesy of The City of Vancouver’s Open Data Portal. It currently has 10032 rows and 22 columns.

• steam_games: Acquired courtesy of Kaggle. It currently has 40833 rows and 21 columns.

• vancouver_trees: Acquired courtesy of The City of Vancouver’s Open Data Portal. It currently has 146611 rows and 20 columns.

Example

This is a basic example which shows you how to solve a common problem:

library(dplyr)
library(datateachr)


vancouver_trees %>%
  filter(genus_name == "ACER") %>% 
  arrange(desc(diameter)) %>%
  head()
#> # A tibble: 6 x 20
#>   tree_id civic_number std_street genus_name species_name cultivar_name
#>     <dbl>        <dbl> <chr>      <chr>      <chr>        <chr>        
#> 1  149285         1906 W 14TH AV  ACER       SPECIES      <NA>         
#> 2   51001          849 W 60TH AV  ACER       SACCHARINUM  <NA>         
#> 3   84751         8250 HUDSON ST  ACER       PLATANOIDES  <NA>         
#> 4   54498         6611 ADERA ST   ACER       PLATANOIDES  SCHWEDLERI   
#> 5   78588         1333 W GEORGIA… ACER       RUBRUM       <NA>         
#> 6  220644         1438 RICHARDS … ACER       PLATANOIDES  EMERALD QUEEN
#> # … with 14 more variables: common_name <chr>, assigned <chr>,
#> #   root_barrier <chr>, plant_area <chr>, on_street_block <dbl>,
#> #   on_street <chr>, neighbourhood_name <chr>, street_side_name <chr>,
#> #   height_range_id <dbl>, diameter <dbl>, curb <chr>, date_planted <date>,
#> #   longitude <dbl>, latitude <dbl>

Citation

Run this command to get information about how to cite this package:

citation("datateachr")
#> 
#> To cite package 'datateachr' in publications use:
#> 
#>   Hayley Boyce and Jordan Bourak (2020). datateachr: Data collected to
#>   use for teaching at the University of British Columbia. R package
#>   version 0.2.1. https://github.com/UBC-MDS/datateachr
#> 
#> A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
#> 
#>   @Manual{,
#>     title = {datateachr: Data collected to use for teaching at the University of British
#> Columbia},
#>     author = {Hayley Boyce and Jordan Bourak},
#>     year = {2020},
#>     note = {R package version 0.2.1},
#>     url = {https://github.com/UBC-MDS/datateachr},
#>   }

UBC-MDS/datateachr documentation built on Aug. 24, 2020, 3:21 a.m.