Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Contents

  • 1. Introduction introduces the guide and how to get started using it.
  • 2. Figures describes tips for using ggplot to generate publication-quality graphs.
  • 3. Tables introduces best practices for the presentation of tables in economics papers and explains the usage of functions that can generate formatted tables from R model objects.
  • 4. Statistical Tests explains how to perform hypothesis tests on model coefficients.
  • 5. Geographic Place Matching explains how to match addresses to coordinates using Google Place API searches.