Errata
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Chapter 1: An R Programming Crash Course
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Chapter 2: Principles of Data Visualization
Figure 2-11 has been updated to use the correct plot (in the first print version, it uses the same plot shown in Figure 2-10).
Chapter 3: Custom Data Visualization Themes
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Chapter 4: Maps and Geospatial Data
The first print version of the book uses the albersusa package. Unfortunately, this package is no longer easily installable. I’ve changed the instructions to use the tigris package in the online version of this chapter.
The publication date for the book Analyzing US Census Data: Methods, Maps, and Models in R has been corrected from 2013 to 2023.
Chapter 5: Designing Effective Tables
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Chapter 6: R Markdown Reports
A reference to the markdown package has been updated to the correct package name: rmarkdown
Chapter 7: Parameterized Reporting
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Chapter 8: Slideshow Presentations
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Chapter 9: Websites
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Chapter 10: Quarto
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Chapter 11: Automatically Accessing Online Data
Code to calculate the Asian population in each state via the first method shown in the Analyzing Census Data had an error in the first print version of the book. It has been fixed in the online version.
Chapter 12: Creating Functions and Packages
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