Module 08 Activity

Scenario

Produce the whole thing: a small reproducible report a colleague can rebuild from your folder.

What you build

A project folder containing raw data, scripts, outputs and a rendered report whose numbers come from code.

Steps

1. Write the plan as a table — task, output file, evidence — and state what is out of scope.
2. Run the six stages in order, printing a count at each: imported, inspected, cleaned, summarised, visualised, reported.
3. Put the cleaning log in the report, not in a comment.
4. Write the report in Quarto with every number in the text coming from an inline expression rather than typed.
5. Include a Limitations section carrying the constraints you found while cleaning.
6. Run the checklist, then do the destructive test: delete the outputs, restart R, run everything, and compare.

Evidence to hand in

• The plan table, including the out-of-scope statement.
• The stage counts.
• The cleaning log as it appears in the report.
• The Quarto source and the rendered output.
• The Limitations section.
• The result of the destructive rebuild.

Review checklist

• Every planned step has a named output file and a check.
• A count is printed at each of the six stages.
• No number in the report prose was typed by hand.
• The Limitations section names the constraints found during cleaning.
• The outputs were deleted, R was restarted, and everything was rebuilt and compared.

Mark complete