Clarifying Your R Question can help you navigate resources and reach out to other communities for support.
- Examine any errors your code may have thrown and record them-- you can use comments in your code by adding a # to the start of a line
- Comments will help you better understand what you did later and will help you clarify your steps to others
- Search your code for any syntax errors that may have generated the error
- e.g. Do you have an extra > at the start of a line? Did you mispell a function? etc.
- Search resources and reference texts for clarification about your question-- see the R Resources Tab and the Data Mining Resources Tab for some example options
- Reach out to others for help if you are unable to mitigate the error on your own
- When talking to others be sure to:
- Clarify what you are trying to do-- consider using a generic example to simplify the question
- Clarify data types and formats when necessary
- Explain what you have already tried
You can follow the same steps above if you are having trouble doing something to your data but you are not generating any errors (e.g. having trouble manipulating the data)
