Have you ever found yourself asking “What does this mean?” or “How did I do that?” when it comes time to reproduce your weekly, monthly, or annual report(s)? If so, taking a closer look at your current workflow may help identify areas that too time-consuming. With data science techniques in mind, this talk demonstrates how you can use R to redesign a workflow to become more efficient, consistent, and reproducible. Using features available in RStudio and R packages like {dbplyr}, {bookdown}, and {janitor} you will learn tools to apply to your current workflow.
Bio: Edgar Zamora is a Data Consultant at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, WA. His experience and love for R began while in graduate school at the University of Oklahoma where he explored American political behavior. In his current position, he uses R daily to provide data to faculty and staff to aid in building a strategic plan to help students succeed in college. Through his work, he strives to improve workflows, build R packages, and connect to databases to help support his work and other R users.