/activity04-mini-competition

Activity 04 - Linear Regression Mini-Competition

This activity is intended to be completed in one week - two class meetings and outside of class work. Think of this as a “culminating activity” for Module 0 (Course Tools) & 1 (Linear Regression).

In this repository/directory, you should see the following items:

  • README-img - a folder containing images that I am embedding within this README.md file and other files. You do not need to do anything with this.
  • .gitignore - a file that is used to specify what Git can ignore when pushing to GitHub. You do not need to do anything with this.
  • README.md - the document you are currently reading.
  • competition-files - a folder that contains items related to the mini-competition.

Before working on the mini-competition, you will first need to make your own copy of this repository.

Task 1: Forking & cloning

Forking

Read these directions first, then work through them. In this GitHub repo (i.e., my repo):

  1. Click on the fork Fork icon near the upper-right-hand corner. You will be taken to a Create a new fork screen.
  2. Verify that your GitHub username is selected under Owner and that the Repository name is activity04-mini-competition with a green check mark (this verifies that you do not already have a GitHub repository with this name).
  3. You may provide a Description if you would like. This is a way to provide some additional, more descriptive, meta information related to the things you did. I like to provide a brief description of what happened.
  4. Verify that Copy the main branch only is selected.
  5. Click on the green Create fork button at the bottom of this page.

You should be taken a copy of this repo that is in your GitHub account. That is, your page title should be username/activity04-mini-competition, where username is replaced with your GitHub username. Directly below this, you will see the following message:

forked from gvsu-sta631/activity04-mini-competition

You will complete the rest of this activity in your forked copy of the activity04-mini-competition repo.

Cloning

Read these directions first, then work through them. Note that you will be switching between RStudio and your GitHub repo (that you previously forked).

  1. In RStudio, click on the RStudio Project icon (the icon below the Edit drop-down menu).
  2. Click on Version Control on the New Project Wizard pop-up.
  3. Click on Git and you should be on a “Clone Git Repository” page.
  4. Back to your activity04-mini-competition GitHub repo, click on the green Code button near the top of the page.
  5. Verify that HTTPS is underlined in orange/red on the drop-down menu, then copy the URL provided.
  6. Back in RStudio, paste the URL in the “Repository URL” text field.
  7. The “Project directory name” text field should have automatically populated with activity04-mini-competition. If yours did not (this is usually an issue on Macs),
    • Click back into the “Repository URL” text field.
    • Highlight any bit of this text (it does not seem to matter what or how much).
    • Press Ctrl/Cmd and the “Project directory name” should now have automatically populated with activity04-mini-competition.
  8. In the “Create project as subdirectory of” field, click on Browse…. Create a New Folder called “STA 631”, then within this folder, create a New Folder called “Activities”, then click Choose. If you already have this, you can simply browse to “STA 631/Activities”, then click Choose. Note that I am forcing you to use my opinionated file system management style.
  9. Click on Create Project.

Your screen should refresh and the Files pane should say that you are currently in your activity04-mini-competition folder that currently has the same files and folders as your GitHub repo. If you are asked for your GitHub credentials, provide your GitHub username and your PAT (not your password).

There will not be a “Day 2” update to this repository.

Task 2: The mini-competition

Read these directions first, then work through them.

  1. In your activity04-mini-competition repo folder/directory, locate and click into the competition-files subfolder.
  2. In the competition-files subfolder, you will be greeted by a new README.md file.
  3. Ask questions in class as you are working. Remember that you are working as a team (team roster usernames are posted in Teams to complete this mini-competition, including providing a two-slide presentation (more details in the competition-files subfolder). You will likely need to do some work between of our class meetings. Remember that you can use our Teams workspace (linked on Blackboard), and post questions/issues in the Muddy channel or send direct messages to your team members. If someone else already posted what you though was muddy, add any clarification to their post and give them a “+ 1” 👍. Remember that this space is for conversations as well as posting questions. Read through your peers’ muddy posts and do your best to provide help.