Exploring variables with tidyverse tools

Once loaded, your dataset of Census or ACS variables might contain thousands of rows. In RStudio, it is recommended to use the View() function to interactively search for these variables. Outside of RStudio, these datasets can be browsed using tidyverse filtering tools.

This exercise is part of the course

Analyzing US Census Data in R

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Exercise instructions

Load the tidyverse package.
Filter the v16 data frame for variables in table B19001 by using the str_detect() function.
Use the string "public transportation" to search for public transportation-related variables.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Load the tidyverse
library(___)

# Filter for table B19001
filter(v16, ___(name, "___"))

# Use public transportation to search for related variables
filter(v16p, ___(label, fixed("___", 
                                ignore_case = TRUE)))

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