Lab 01: Crafting scholarly documents

Preparation

• Read/ annotate: Recipe #1. You can refer back to this document to help you at any point during this lab activity.
• Have an academic article dealing with text analysis ready to review. You will use this article to practice using Quarto for academic writing.
  If you do not find an article of interest, you can use:
  Bychkovska, Tetyana, and Joseph J. Lee. 2017. “At the Same Time: Lexical Bundles in L1 and L2 University Student Argumentative Writing.” Journal of English for Academic Purposes 30 (November): 38–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2017.10.008.

Objectives

• Review accessing a lab activity, creating a Quarto document, and exporting it as a report
• Practice your ability to use basic Markdown syntax
• Learn to use common elements in academic writing (i.e. citations, figures, tables, etc.) using Quarto
• Discover and summarize literature on text analysis in an area of interest to you

Instructions

Getting started

1. Create a Quarto document using the RStudio toolbar

• Provide the title: "Lab 01: Crafting scholarly documents"
• Provide the author: <Your Name>

2. Render the Quarto document (without changes)

• Click the 'Render' button on the RStudio toolbar
• Save the Quarto file with the name lab-01.qmd.

Using Quarto for academic writing

1. Using the academic article you found in the preparation for this lab, respond to the following questions in your .qmd document:

• What is the research question?
• What is the data used to answer the research question?
• What is the method used to answer the research question?
• What are the results of the analysis?

In your responses use various options provided by the basic Markdown syntax to format your response. Also include numbered sections and subsections to organize your response. Finally, make sure to include a citation for the article you are summarizing and create a section at the end of your document for references.

1. Render the .qmd as a PDF. Use the format: key atrribute to have the value pdf.

2. (optional) Explore adding a markdown table to your Quarto document and make a cross-reference in your summary prose.

   1. This may be useful for summarizing some aspect of the article you are reviewing.
   2. You can also just copy and paste from the example in Recipe #1 to experiment with this feature.

Assessing your progress

1. Add a section which describes your learning in this lab

Some questions to consider:

• What did you learn?
• What did you find most/ least challenging?
• What resources did you consult?
  • Instructor? Quarto documentation, Websites (provide links)?
• What more would you like to know about literate programming and/ or Quarto?
  • Find potential resources you might consult to continue your learning. Provide links and a brief description of the resource.

Submission for feedback

1. To prepare your lab report for submission you will need to render your Quarto document to PDF.
2. Download this file to your local computer.
3. Submit your report as described by your instructor.

License

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