Part IV: Advanced Topics
Statistical Computing using R and Python
Preface
Part I: Tools
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Computer Basics
2
Setting Up Your Computer
3
RStudio’s Interface
4
Scripts and Notebooks
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Version Control with Git
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Reproducibility and Professional Communication
Part II: General Programming
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Introduction to Programming
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Variables and Basic Data Types
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Mathematical and Logical Operators
10
Functions, Packages, and Environments
11
Data Structures
12
Matrix Calculations
13
Control Structures
14
Writing Functions
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Debugging
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Programming With Data
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Other Helpful Programming Resources
Part III: Data Wrangling
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Data Input
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Data Visualization Basics
20
Exploratory Data Analysis
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Data Visualization
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Creating Good Charts
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Data Cleaning
24
Working with Strings
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Reshaping Data
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Normal Forms of Data
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Joining Data
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Dates and Times
29
Functional Programming
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Spatial data
Part IV: Advanced Topics
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Simulation and Reproducibility
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Data Documentation: Codebooks, Reproducibility, and more
33
Web Scraping
34
Record-based Data and List Processing Strategies
35
Application Programming Interfaces
36
Working with PDFs
37
Interactive Graphics
38
Interactive Graphics
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“Big” Data
40
Databases
41
Efficient Data Access: Arrow and Parquet Files
42
Memory and Computational Efficiency
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Other Topics
Part IV: Advanced Topics
Published
July 11, 2025
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Spatial data
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Simulation and Reproducibility