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1 Introduction

Brief introduction that:

• Hooks the reader with an interesting problem or observation
• States the purpose of your analysis/tutorial
• Outlines what readers will learn or gain

2 Required Packages and Setup

# List the packages readers will need
library(tidyverse)
# Add other packages

Brief explanation of why these packages were chosen and any setup requirements.

3 The Problem/Data

# Data loading and initial preparation
# Load sample dataset
data <- mtcars
glimpse(data)

Rows: 32
Columns: 11
$ mpg  <dbl> 21.0, 21.0, 22.8, 21.4, 18.7, 18.1, 14.3, 24.4, 22.8, 19.2, 17.8,…
$ cyl  <dbl> 6, 6, 4, 6, 8, 6, 8, 4, 4, 6, 6, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 4, 4, 4, 4, 8,…
$ disp <dbl> 160.0, 160.0, 108.0, 258.0, 360.0, 225.0, 360.0, 146.7, 140.8, 16…
$ hp   <dbl> 110, 110, 93, 110, 175, 105, 245, 62, 95, 123, 123, 180, 180, 180…
$ drat <dbl> 3.90, 3.90, 3.85, 3.08, 3.15, 2.76, 3.21, 3.69, 3.92, 3.92, 3.92,…
$ wt   <dbl> 2.620, 2.875, 2.320, 3.215, 3.440, 3.460, 3.570, 3.190, 3.150, 3.…
$ qsec <dbl> 16.46, 17.02, 18.61, 19.44, 17.02, 20.22, 15.84, 20.00, 22.90, 18…
$ vs   <dbl> 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0,…
$ am   <dbl> 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0,…
$ gear <dbl> 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3,…
$ carb <dbl> 4, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2,…

• Describe your data source
• Explain the problem you’re addressing
• Share any initial data preparation steps

4 Analysis/Tutorial Steps

4.1 Step 1: Initial Data Exploration

# Your analysis code here
glimpse(mtcars)

Rows: 32
Columns: 11
$ mpg  <dbl> 21.0, 21.0, 22.8, 21.4, 18.7, 18.1, 14.3, 24.4, 22.8, 19.2, 17.8,…
$ cyl  <dbl> 6, 6, 4, 6, 8, 6, 8, 4, 4, 6, 6, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 4, 4, 4, 4, 8,…
$ disp <dbl> 160.0, 160.0, 108.0, 258.0, 360.0, 225.0, 360.0, 146.7, 140.8, 16…
$ hp   <dbl> 110, 110, 93, 110, 175, 105, 245, 62, 95, 123, 123, 180, 180, 180…
$ drat <dbl> 3.90, 3.90, 3.85, 3.08, 3.15, 2.76, 3.21, 3.69, 3.92, 3.92, 3.92,…
$ wt   <dbl> 2.620, 2.875, 2.320, 3.215, 3.440, 3.460, 3.570, 3.190, 3.150, 3.…
$ qsec <dbl> 16.46, 17.02, 18.61, 19.44, 17.02, 20.22, 15.84, 20.00, 22.90, 18…
$ vs   <dbl> 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0,…
$ am   <dbl> 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0,…
$ gear <dbl> 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3,…
$ carb <dbl> 4, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2,…

ggplot(mtcars, aes(x=cyl, y=mpg)) +
  geom_point()

Description of your visualization

  # Your visualization

Explain what you found and why it’s interesting.

4.2 Step 2: Main Analysis

# Core analysis code

Walk through your analysis, explaining: - Why you chose this approach - What the code does - What the results mean

4.3 Step 3: Results and Visualization

# Create compelling visualizations

Interpret your results and explain their significance.

5 Key Takeaways

• Bullet point summary of main findings
• Practical applications
• Important insights

6 Reproducibility

# Print session info for reproducibility
sessionInfo()

R version 4.5.0 (2025-04-11)
Platform: aarch64-apple-darwin20
Running under: macOS Sequoia 15.5

Matrix products: default
BLAS:   /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.5-arm64/Resources/lib/libRblas.0.dylib 
LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.5-arm64/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib;  LAPACK version 3.12.1

locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8

time zone: America/Los_Angeles
tzcode source: internal

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
 [1] here_1.0.1      lubridate_1.9.4 forcats_1.0.0   stringr_1.5.1  
 [5] dplyr_1.1.4     purrr_1.0.4     readr_2.1.5     tidyr_1.3.1    
 [9] tibble_3.3.0    ggplot2_3.5.2   tidyverse_2.0.0

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] gtable_0.3.6       jsonlite_2.0.0     compiler_4.5.0     tidyselect_1.2.1  
 [5] scales_1.4.0       yaml_2.3.10        fastmap_1.2.0      R6_2.6.1          
 [9] labeling_0.4.3     generics_0.1.4     knitr_1.50         htmlwidgets_1.6.4 
[13] rprojroot_2.0.4    pillar_1.10.2      RColorBrewer_1.1-3 tzdb_0.5.0        
[17] rlang_1.1.6        stringi_1.8.7      xfun_0.52          timechange_0.3.0  
[21] cli_3.6.5          withr_3.0.2        magrittr_2.0.3     digest_0.6.37     
[25] grid_4.5.0         hms_1.1.3          lifecycle_1.0.4    vctrs_0.6.5       
[29] evaluate_1.0.3     glue_1.8.0         farver_2.1.2       rmarkdown_2.29    
[33] tools_4.5.0        pkgconfig_2.0.3    htmltools_0.5.8.1 

7 Next Steps

• Suggest areas for further exploration
• Mention potential improvements
• Invite reader engagement

8 References

• Cite your sources
• Link to relevant documentation
• Credit other contributors