2024_04_03 Getting Started with R and Rstudio

Prepared and present at the Macquaire University R Users Group - April 2024

Outline

• Why R

  • the right tool for the right job
  • reproducablity / transparency
  • the community
  • the shear power
  • Demo (mtcars/ggplot)

• What the difference between R and Rstudio

• Downloading and Installing R and RStudio

• Exploring the the RStudio interface

• Interactive commands

• Scripting

Workshop Exercise

examining / maniulating / plotting and exporting data

• based on mtcars (because it's built in)
• data()
• dataframes -