LLM-API-R

Experiments in Aiding the Research Process

Preface

The chapters focus on explorations where modern technology is applied to traditional research problems.

A combination of three technologies is used. A Large Language Model (Claude 3) is used to parse data and add supplemental information. API calls are used to retrieve additional information and resources from data suppliers. The R programming language weaves everything together and provides the computation power to create the tables and chart. Equally important is the use of R in the context of a reproducible document, such as quarto.

A key to developing this code has been the ClaudeR package. Find out about this package at:

https://github.com/yrvelez/claudeR

Cautionary Note

The code shown in the examples has not been tested to see if it is robust (or, in some cases, even if it is correct).

These are all early, tests-of-concept studies.