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Redesigned version to be merged on 8th July 2024

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@datacarpentry/curriculum-advisors-ecology recently approved [the redesigned version of this lesson](https://datacarpentry.org/R-ecology-lesson-alternative/) for adoption into the Ecology curriculum. **[The new version of the lesson will be merged into this repository on 8th July...

tobyhodges

Update 11 packages

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:robot: This is an automated build This will update 11 packages in your lesson with the following versions: ``` # NEW OR REMOVED PACKAGES ------------------------------- - mgcv [required by ggplot2]...

carpentries-bot

Update Workflows to Version 0.16.6

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:robot: This is an automated build Update Workflows from sandpaper version 0.16.5 -> 0.16.6 - Auto-generated by [create-pull-request][1] on 2024-08-27T00:18+00:00 [1]: https://github.com/carpentries/create-pull-request/tree/main

carpentries-bot

Remove lubridate from list of packages to install during setup

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As pointed out my @mikemahoney218 in #879, `lubridate` is now part of the combined `tidyverse` package. In [the lesson setup instructions](https://datacarpentry.org/R-ecology-lesson/index.html#install-required-r-packages), we state that it should be installed alongside `tidyverse`:...

tobyhodges

Suggest moving use of str() in Episode 2 setup to a place where it feels more natural

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### How could the content be improved? In Episode 2. Data visualization with ggplot2, the Setup section jumps right into teaching the learner the `?help` function, the `View()` function, and...

nicole-a-moore

[Pilot workshop feedback]:

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### 1. Workshop details The lesson was hosted by the Farncombe Institute Trainee Association at McMaster University. It was taught by myself and two members of the association. Learners were...

JCSzamosi

[Pilot workshop feedback]:

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### 1. Workshop details We (myself and David Hood) ran a 1-day version using only the alternative R ecology curriculum at University of Otago, NZ on 24 May. The workshop...

murraycadzow

The main example dataset used here, `ratdat`, may change format to provide data as `tibble`s instead of the current `data.frame`. We should keep an eye on this and adjust the...

tobyhodges

Add Markdown Lesson after GGplot?

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Last fall, I adapted the R Markdown lesson from the DC Social Sciences for the R ecology workshop. The links to the lesson are below. - Example: https://reedacartwright.github.io/R-ecology-lesson/05-rmarkdown.html - Source:...

reedacartwright

Thank you for such a well-thought out lesson. One of the things that caught my attention about the new lesson, was that the section about using databases has been removed....

jen-thomas