Lab Guidance
Best practice advice for labs
There are several recommendations you should follow to get the most out of these exercises and this module as a whole.
Set up a separate script for each lab (e.g. an R script) to organize and document your work
Answer each question formally and fully
Use a fully commented, reproducible script style with a Header, Contents, and clickable Section blocks. This will help you practice Best Practice (see what I did there?), and will make the script useful to yourself in the future as a reference (e.g., the next time you want to set up a K means analysis script…)
Type 100% of your own code: do not copy and paste anything (practice, practice + troubleshooting error messages for typos and other issues)
Consider writing your lab scripts using R Markdown
Consider setting up a Github repository for your lab scripts
Harper Adams Data Science
This module is a part of the MSc in Data Science for Global Agriculture, Food, and Environment at Harper Adams University, led by Ed Harris.