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R

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Nicola Justice,

*loosely based on content from my guru, Andrew Zieffler

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What is R?

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What is R?

Console

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R is awesome because it is…

  • Free
  • Powerful
  • Flexible
  • Always growing & improving
  • Popular & Trending
  • Worthy of Investment (I think)

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R is also awesome because it is…

  • Google-able
  • Transparent
  • Weaveable

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R can be frustrating because it is…

  • Flexible (many ways to do the same thing)
  • Literal

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R takes things literally…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnixCqzKxIg

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R can be frustrating because it is…

  • Flexible (many ways to do the same thing)
  • Literal
  • Doesn’t remember anything after you close it down

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Close R and it forgets what just happened

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Use R with R Studio

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Use R with R Studio

Console

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Use R with R Studio

Console

Help Menus,

Graph Viewer, & more

Index

Script

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R Studio

  • Script files can be saved
  • Makes some things point-and-click
  • A fairly standard GUI for R
  • Sweet resources produced by some of my favorite R people

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When you open Rstudio, �R automatically opens too…

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(don’t open both!)