usdatasets package

[jonthegeek]

I haven't fully investigated this, but there's a new package on CRAN with a bunch of datasets: https://cran.r-project.org/package=usdatasets

We'll likely want to split this into a ticket per dataset (or maybe a collection of related datasets).

• This dataset has not already been used in TidyTuesday.

• The dataset will (probably) be less than 20MB when saved as a tidy CSV.

• I can imagine a data visualization related to this dataset.

• title: A short name for the dataset (to be used in the social media post, "This week we're exploring DATASET NAME"). Examples: "Canadian NHL Player Birth Dates", "R Consortium ISC Grants", or "Leap Day".

• article: An example of the dataset being used, such as a blog post or a README about the dataset.

  • title: The title of the article.
  • url: The link to the article.

• data_source: A source where the dataset can be downloaded.

  • title: The title of the source.
  • url: The link to the source.

• images: One or more images related to the dataset. For each image, provide:

  • file: A url to download the image, or an attached file.
  • alt: Text that can serve as a replacement for the image for those who cannot see the image (whether through visual impairment or because the image does not load).

• cleaning_script: A script to fetch and clean the data, resulting in one or more data.frames (or equivalent structures) that can be saved as CSVs.

# ADD SCRIPT HERE

• data_dictionary: A description of each column in the dataset, including the column name, the data type of the column, and a description of the column.

variable	class	description
VARIABLE	CLASS	DESCRIPTION