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Date	Title	Categories
April 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM	Final deadlines for things	course details
April 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM	Synthetic data details + examples We’re supposed to create a dataset with an effect built-in, and then use statistics to find that same effect? Wouldn’t we already know the results in advance, since we made the effect? Are there guides to creating synthetic data for each of the causal inference approaches?	course details
January 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM	Week 2 FAQs Why do you use ✓s for grades? Why does R show numbers like `2.34e-8`? What do those mean? Can I get nicer numbers? Why does `#` mean both headings and code comments? Why do we sometimes use `\|>` and sometimes use `+` to combine different commands? Why do we sometimes use `=` and sometimes use `==`? Do you have any tips for remembering all the different functions we’re learning? There are so many!	FAQs
January 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM	Week 1 tips and FAQs What’s the difference between R Markdown and Quarto? Rendered document format for iCollege Why does it matter where we put files like `cars.csv`? How does `group_by()` work? Why did we have to group by `class` and not `cty` and `class`? Can we use ChatGPT? Can you even tell if we do?	FAQs
January 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM	Making cleaner, nicer tables General examples Fancier {modelsummary} Table and figure captions and numbering	resources
January 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM	Making cleaner, nicer Quarto documents Render often Check for broken code chunks Check that your text looks okay Don’t install packages in your document Clean up warnings and messages Global chunk options Fancy document settings Chunk names	resources
January 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM	Getting help more efficiently Use Slack in public High resolution questions Unanswered questions Use Slack threads Calendly + Webex appointments	advice
January 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM	Zeroes and ✓−s in the gradebook	course details
January 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM	The 30-minute rule and how to ask for help	advice
January 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM	Building community Class community Online community	advice
January 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM	Copy, paste, and tweak	advice
January 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM	Plan for the first day of class	getting started
January 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM	Announcements and updates	getting started
January 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM	Important R stuff	getting started
January 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM	Welcome to class!	getting started