Messy and tidy projects

The folder provides two project examples:

• The folder Messy Data Project contains scripts and data files following bad practices. In particular, this project:
  • is not reproducible
  • uses absolute file and folder paths that cannot be shared
  • does not adopt a project-oriented workflow
  • lacks a rigorous folder structure
  • has no meaningful and informative names for scripts and variables.
• The folder Tidy Data Project follows good-enough practices, instead. These include:
  • complete reproducibility
  • use of here::here() to make file and folder paths shareable
  • adopts the RStudio projects' workflow
  • uses a good-enough folders' structure
  • has meaningful and informative names for scripts.

The examples use the Digital Society Project data (http://digitalsocietyproject.org/) and are uniquely intended for teaching purposes.