gc2300/pui2017_gc2300

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HW8 missing R code

Why is the code not checked in? it is R code? then upload the code as you would for python code

clean up repo

please clean up your repo, there should be not README~ ot .DSstore files or . files in general (hidden files that start w ".")

HW 8 notes on your plot

I am not grading the plots, but I felt important to give you some feedback on your plot choice in this case:

when dealing with crime and such sensitive issues we need to be careful with hidden messages in a plot. In this map "smiling denotes the number of rape". This is a terrible choice that may lead to think the message is that rape is good. and even if it does not lead to think it it does not convey rape as negative, because as you said faces are easy to read but also convey immediate emotional response in humans, cause we use facial expressions to communicate This goes both ways: we have an emotional response to the esthetic of the plot which in this case should not math the emotional response the numbers on this topic should arise.

The moral is that not all data is suitable to be plotted in any ways: Chernoff faces are fun, and informative, but should not be used on a topic that is not neutral to avoid sending the wrong message or causing conflicting responses in the reader