Assignment 8: Fitting Models
You built a dataframe for analysis in Assignment 6 using the National Forest boundaries that we used in class (I’ve written a function for you to download and unzip this in the /code/ folder), a dataset describing the cost of natural disasters fromm 1999-2020 (described in this paper and available at /assignment07/ics209-plus-wf_incidents_1999to2020.csv folder. a land use dataset (/assignment07/land_use_pnw.tif), and the wildfire hazard dataset (/assignment07/wildfire_hazard_agg.tif). Now it’s time to fit some models to explain the cost of natural disasters. By the end of this assignment you should be able to:
- Fit multiple types of models to your data
- Evaluate the performance of your model
- Generate predictions based on your model
Instructions
After you’ve joined the assignment repository, you should have this file (named Readme.md) inside of a R project named assignment-8-xx where xx is your github username (or initials).
Once you’ve verified that you’ve correctly cloned the assignment repository, create a new Quarto document. Name this file assignment-8-xxx.qmd and give it a title (like M Williamson Assignment 8). Make sure that you select the html output option (Quarto can do a lot of cool things, but the html format is the least-likely to cause you additional headaches). We’ll be using Quarto throughout the course so it’s worth checking out the other tutorials in the getting started section.
Copy the questions below into your document and change the color of their text.
Save the changes and make your first commit!
Answer the questions making sure save and commit at least 3 more times (having 4 commits is part of the assignment).
Render the document to html (you should now have at least 3 files in the repository: Readme.md, assignment-8-xx.qmd, and assignment-8-xx.html). Commit these changes and push them to the repository on GitHub. You should see the files there when you go to github.com.
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