inst/extdata/R-code/00b-Preface.R

In msperlin/afedR: Data and Functions for Book "Analyzing Financial and Economical Data with R"

#' # Preface {-}
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#' Since you are reading this book, you are likely
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#' The material in this book started out as class 
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#' Another motivation for writing this book is my 
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#' In this book, we will not work on the advanced 
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#' This is what you'll learn from this book:
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#' Using R and RStudio
#' : In chapter 01 we will discuss the use of R as
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#' Importing financial and economic data
#' : In chapters 04 and 05 we will learn to import
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#' Cleaning, structuring and analyzing the data wi
#' : In chapters 06 and 07 we will concentrate our
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#' Creating a visual analysis of data
#' : In chapter 10 we'll learn to use functions fr
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#' Reporting your results
#' : In chapter 12 we will see how to report our d
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#' Writing better and faster code
#' : In the last chapter of the book we discuss be
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#' ## Supplement Material {-}
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#' All the material used in the book, including co
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#' In order to install the book package in your co
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## # install devtools dependency
## install.packages('devtools')
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## # install book package
## devtools::install_github('msperlin/afedR')

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#' What this code will do is to install package `d
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#' After installing the book package `afedR`, you 
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## afedR::afedR_get_book_files(path_to_copy = '~')

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#' The previous code will unzip the book file into
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#' A suggestion, before you read the rest of the b
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#' ## Content for Instructors {-}
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#' If you are an R instructor, you'll find plenty 
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#' Over 100 exercises
#' : Every chapter in this book includes exercises
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#' RMarkdown slides
#' : Slides from the book are also available in so
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#' All of this content is released with the [MIT l
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#' I hope you enjoy this book and find it useful f
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#' Good reading!
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#' Marcelo S. Perlin