Getting help

  • Look at the help files ( ?<function> in RStudio console)
  • Look at the cheatsheets
  • Google – often adding “tidyverse” to your search helps
  • Often it’s a lot more pleasant an experience to get your questions answered in person. Make use of office hours, we’re here to help!
  • Email us
  • When getting help from us, give your question context from course concepts not course assignments.
    • Good context: “I have a question on filtering”
    • Bad context: “I have a question on Assignment 1 Exercise 4”
  • Be precise in your description:
    • Good description: “I am getting the following error and I’m not sure how to resolve it ‘-Error: could not find function read_csv’”
    • Bad description: “R giving errors, help me! Aaaarrrrrgh!”

Adapted from datascience in a box.