The Data Scientist’s Toolbox Project (JHU) Coursera

A image video link walkthrough of the project + answers is available at the end of this quiz.

github repo for rest of specialization: Data Science Coursera

Part 1

The Course Project for this course is pretty straightforward. Now that you’ve learned about the basic tools found in the data scientist’s toolbox, we want to make sure that you’ve assembled those tools and are ready to begin using them. This easy project is your chance to demonstrate that you’ve done the basic software setup (R, RStudio, and Github) that will get you through the rest of the Data Science Specialization.

1. Install R
2. Install Rstudio
3. Open Rstudio and take a screenshot
4. Submit a screenshot of Rstudio open on your screen using one of these formats: png, jpg, gif, pdf

See Links Below if you have trouble installing R and RStudio:

Operating System	Youtube Video	Step by Step Guide
Windows	Video	Installing R, RStudio on Windows
Mac	Video	Installing R, RStudio on Mac
Ubuntu	Video	Installing R, RStudio on Ubuntu

Part 2

Set up a Github account (you may use your own name or a pseudonym). Create a repo called datasciencecoursera Submit the link to your GitHub account (or a direct link to your datasciencecoursera repo)

Part 3

1. Fork the data sharing repository here: https://github.com/jtleek/datasharing
2. Submit the link to the forked repository on your Github account.

Part 4

Create a text file called HelloWorld.md Add the line “## This is a markdown file” (without the quotation marks) to the document (without the quotation marks) Push the document to the datasciencecoursera repo you created on Github Submit the link to the HelloWorld.md file on your Github repo.