bryangoodrich

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# Author: Bryan Goodrich
# Created: Sometime 2012? Earlier?
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# These functions allowed direct querying and mapping capabilities to the Bureau
# of Labor Statistics (BLS) Special Requests data through their FTP site. The 
# data were stored in fixed-width text files. 
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# This code is non-functional in that the BLS no longer supports this FTP access.
# Additionally, the specific Local Area (LA) statistics utilized are also not

bryangoodrich

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# Lesson 1 - R Basics
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# Learning Objectives
# 1. R Data Types
# 2. Indexing
# 3. Boolean Logic and Filtering
# 4. Importing/Exporting
# 5. The R Environment
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