8.1 Data Loading and Preparation

The first step in any data analysis process involves loading the dataset into our working environment. For this case study, we utilize the ggplot2 package within the tidyverse due to its powerful visualization capabilities. We begin by loading the absenteeism dataset using the read.csv() function.

absenteeism <- read.csv(
    "https://ljkelly3141.github.io/datasets/bi-book/Absenteeism_at_work.csv",
    sep = ";"
)