Project 1

Common Issues

Author

Nic Schwab

Blog Posts

Blog posts should be in paragraphs, not one big wall of text.

Please double check your rendered assignment before submitting.

In markdown hit enter to make a new paragraph.

Comments

Comments on code are missing. You should have a brief comment for each block of code describing what important findings you have in your code. You can also describe what you are doing if your code is unclear.

# Create plot 1 here
ggplot(data = scorecard, aes(x = pctfloan)) + #Accessing scorecard data, setting 'pctfloan' as the X-axis variable
  geom_histogram() + #Making a histogram to show the distribution
  labs(x = "Percent of Undergraduates Receiving Federal Loans",
       y = "Frequency",
       title = "Percentage of Undergraduates Receiving Federal Loans at Massachusetts Institutions",
       subtitle = "Source: MA College Scorecard Data") + #Adding labels and the data source to the plot
theme_minimal() #Adding the theme

Default Colors

Pretty please do not use default colors. I will take off points for default colors going forward. (grey is okay)

Year of data

Adding the year the data is from. This data is reproduced every year. If you do not provide a year the data is from it is annoying to reproduce your research.

Confusing labels

Make the labels and scale match. Don’t say ‘percent’ then show ratios or proportions.