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R-FOR-DATA5 MIN READ

Commit to one data-quality gate in your next script

Create a specific commitment to add one automated check to an R analysis.

Add a row-count assertion after a many-to-one join in an R analysis script You know the join should not change row count, but the script only relies on memory. Two weeks later, the source system changes and the dashboard is wrong before anyone notices. In tests/testthat/test-data-gates.R, I will add one expectation for [specific assumption] before I trust [specific output]. Review this commitment in 3 days against the actual script, report, or pull request. Add a uniqueness test for IDs before a dashboard summary Add an allowed-values check for a categorical field used in case_when() Add a nonnegative numeric check before…

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