13 Captioning and referencing equations
This section introduces how to add captions to equations, and reference them in text. Note that when using captioning, you need to use the bookdown::html_document2 output.
13.1 Overview
- Teaching: 5 minutes
- Exercises: 5 minutes
13.2 Questions
- How do I caption an equation?
- How do I reference an equation?
13.2.1 Numbering equations
You can provide a number for an equation by adding \begin{equation} along with a label, provided with (\#eq:label)
You can then refer to the equation in text using \@ref(eq:model):
Our model is given in (??)
If you want to provide a specific number to the equation, you can use \tag{XX.XX}
\[ Y \sim X\beta_0 + X\beta_1 + \epsilon \tag{1} \]