bookclub-advr

DSLC Advanced R Book Club
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00.qmd (1697B)


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      2 engine: knitr
      3 title: Club meetings
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      5 
      6 # Welcome
      7 
      8 - Welcome to the Advanced R book club! 
      9 - book: [adv-r.hadley.nz](https://adv-r.hadley.nz/)
     10 - These slides are available at [dslc.io/advr](https://dslc.io/advr).
     11 - We follow the [Data Science Learning Community Code of Conduct](https://dslc.io/code_of_conduct.html).
     12 
     13 ::: notes
     14 - You can add notes on each slide with blocks like this!
     15 - Load a deck in the browser and type "s" to see these notes.
     16 :::
     17 
     18 ## Book club meetings
     19 
     20 -   Volunteer leads discussion of a chapter
     21     -   **This is the best way to learn the material.**
     22 -   Presentations: 
     23     -   Review of material
     24     -   Questions you have
     25     -   Maybe live demo
     26 -   More info about editing: [this github repo](https://github.com/r4ds/bookclub-advr)
     27 -   Ideally convert existing Rmd to qmd as we go
     28 -   Recorded, available on the [Data Science Learning Community YouTube Channel (DSLC.video)](http://dslc.video)
     29 
     30 ## Pace
     31 
     32 -   **Goal:** 1 chapter/week
     33 -   Ok to split overwhelming chapters
     34 -   Ok to combine short chapters
     35 -   Meet ***every*** week except holidays, etc
     36     -   We will meet even if scheduled presenter unavailable
     37     -   Push to finish before Daylight Savings Madness March 8
     38 
     39 ## Learning objectives (LOs)
     40 
     41 -   Students who study with LOs in mind ***retain more***
     42 -   **Tips:**
     43     -   Think "After today's session, you will be able to {LO}"
     44     -   *Very* roughly **1 per heading**
     45 
     46 ## Group introductions
     47 
     48 - If you feel comfortable sharing:
     49   - Who are you?
     50   - Where you calling in from? (If you're not comfortable sharing, skip)
     51   - How long have you been using R?
     52   - What was your introduction to R?
     53   - What are you most looking forward to during the club?