---
title: "Short Lab 0"
author: "INSERT YOUR NAME HERE"
date: "Due Date Here"
output: html_document
---

To begin, please use the following links to download R, RStudio, and R Markdown:

* [Install R](https://cran.r-project.org/)

* [Install RStudio](https://rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/#download)

* [Install RMarkdown](https://bookdown.org/yihui/rmarkdown/installation.html#installation)

You should edit this .Rmd using RStudio, then click *Knit* in the menu bar of the Source window (above the text of this .Rmd).
Remember, you must submit *both* your .Rmd and the compiled .html in order to receive full credit!

## Part 1. Written Response

**1.** What is the name we should call you/how should we refer to you?

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**2.** What is your (intended) major?

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**3.** What is your coding/computational experience? Please specifically mention whether or not you have any experience in each of R, RMarkdown, and LaTeX.

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**4.** Please explain what you hope to take away from this course.

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**5.** Explain the grading scale of Short Labs in this course.

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**6.** What is the penalty if you submit an assignment 32 hours late?

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**7.** What percent extra credit is possible in this course, and how do you earn it?

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**8.** Do my current proposed office hour times work for you? If not, please provide some general availability.

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**9.** Is there anything else I should know that might help you succeed in this course? 

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## Part 2. R, RStudio, and RMarkdown

**10.** What is the relationship between R and RStudio?

**11.** What is the difference between R and R Markdown?

**12.** Edit the code chunk below to assign the value ```5``` to the variable ```x```.

```{r}
# Your code here
```

**13.** Explain in words what the following code does. (*Optional: Why does ```print(y)``` produce 5 and not 6?*)

```{r}
y <- 5
z <- y
z <- z + 1
print(y)
print(z)
```

**14.** *Optional: What does the function defined below do? What mathematical function is this? Try running the code chunk below and then running ```h(t)``` for different values of ```t```*

```{r}
h <- function(x) {
  if (x > 1) {
    return(x * h(x - 1))
  } else {
    return(1)
  }
}
```