Learn the required content of this unit, and conduct your research to answer the following questions in the discussion forum:
What is a factor variable? When would you want to use a factor variable?
What is unique about a numeric variable?
Why would you use a data frame over a vector to store your data?
Lists are the most complex of the R data types. What is the practical benefit of a list that stores a string, a numeric vector, and a matrix? Give real life examples.
You are encouraged to help each other in understanding Unit Activities and practicing with scripts and answering the questions in the discussion forum.