R tip: Animations in R

The video tutorial introduces animation in R, highlighting its usefulness in visualizing data over time, particularly with housing prices. It references Len Kiefer's work and demonstrates creating a static lollipop chart using R packages like Ggplot2 and DPLYR. The tutorial then transitions to animating the data with GgAnimate, explaining the necessary code adjustments and how to view and save the animation. The process involves setting up the R environment, preparing data, and using specific functions to create and animate visualizations.

Explain how the quarter column is transformed for animation purposes.

What challenges did the author face when trying to view the animation in RStudio?