Preface

This manual outlines how to develop an autograder for ECON 145, “Data Wrangling for Economics,” at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Many of the techniques presented here can be applied to any R-based autograder.

You can read the manual online or download the pdf using the toolbar’s “download” icon. For the best reading experience, the online version is recommended. In the online version, code blocks are scrollable and include a copy button in the top-right corner. Code blocks may look a little wonky in the pdf version.

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