diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.Rproj.user
+.Rhistory
+.RData
+.Ruserdata
diff --git a/mooc-rr.Rproj b/mooc-rr.Rproj
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+Version: 1.0
+
+RestoreWorkspace: Default
+SaveWorkspace: Default
+AlwaysSaveHistory: Default
+
+EnableCodeIndexing: Yes
+UseSpacesForTab: Yes
+NumSpacesForTab: 2
+Encoding: UTF-8
+
+RnwWeave: Sweave
+LaTeX: pdfLaTeX
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+---
+title: "Untitled"
+output: pdf_document
+---
+
+```{r setup, include=FALSE}
+knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
+```
+
+## R Markdown
+
+This is an R Markdown document. Markdown is a simple formatting syntax for authoring HTML, PDF, and MS Word documents. For more details on using R Markdown see <http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com>.
+
+When you click the **Knit** button a document will be generated that includes both content as well as the output of any embedded R code chunks within the document. You can embed an R code chunk like this:
+
+```{r cars}
+summary(cars)
+```
+
+## Including Plots
+
+You can also embed plots, for example:
+
+```{r pressure, echo=FALSE}
+plot(pressure)
+```
+
+Note that the `echo = FALSE` parameter was added to the code chunk to prevent printing of the R code that generated the plot.