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Exercise

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.

Instructions

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  • 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.