Efficient empiricism: Streamlining teaching, research, and learning in empirical courses

Tomas Dvorak, Simon D. Halliday, Michael O’Hara and Aaron Swoboda
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Michael E. O'Hara

The Journal of Economic Education, 2019, vol. 50, issue 3, 242-257

Abstract: The increasing importance of empirical analysis in economics highlights the need for efficient ways to bring these skills to the classroom. R Markdown is a new technology that provides a solution by integrating writing, statistical work and computation into a single document. R Markdown benefits students and instructors by streamlining teaching, research, and collaboration. The authors report on their use of R Markdown in undergraduate teaching, including core courses, electives, and senior theses. They discuss the costs and benefits of adoption, and explain the advantages of R Markdown in teaching reproducibility of empirical work, avoiding time-consuming and error-prone “cut and paste,” and facilitating a one-stop solution for importing, cleaning, manipulating, visualizing, and communicating with data.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2019.1618765

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