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title: "Using R in Social Work Research"
author: "Jerry Bean, College of Social Work, The Ohio State University"
date: "2021-10-13T14:24:20Z"
tags: [Package, Data Analysis, R Markdown]
link: "https://bookdown.org/bean_jerry/bookdown_r_for_social_workers/"
length_weight: "6.9%"
pinned: false
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This is an example of using the bookdown package to write a book. The output format for this example is bookdown::gitbook. [...] Our goal for this document is to illustrate the importance of good data analysis practices and how R and companion packages support these practices. We think the R system has many benefits for social work research. R has become the flagship computing environment for many areas of science and has great appeal because it is free and open-access. In addition, free tools like RStudio and R Markdown promote an a replication commitment and open science philosophy ...
