Converting Sweave LaTeX to knitr LaTeX: A case study

The following post documents the steps I needed to take in order to convert a project using Sweave LaTeX into one using knitr LaTeX.

How to Convert Sweave LaTeX to knitr R Markdown: Winter Olympic Medals Example

The following post shows how to manually convert a Sweave LaTeX document into a knitr R Markdown document. The post (1) reviews many of the required changes; (2) provides an example of a document converted to R Markdown format based on an analysis of Winter Olympic Medal data up to and including 2006; and (3) discusses the pros and cons of LaTeX and Markdown for performing analyses.