Introduction to RStudio
- Pre-workshop activities: 15 min
- Introductory presentation: 10 min
- Hands-on activities: 50 min
Why RStudio?
“RStudio is a free, open-source software program for statistical analysis. Its interface is organized so that the you can clearly view graphs, data tables, R code, and output all at the same time. It also offers an Import-Wizard-like feature that allows users to import CSV, Excel, SPSS, and other file types into RStudio without having to write the code to do so.” - Kent State University Libraries
Learning objectives:
Target: New R Users
Participants will be able to do the following by the end of this workshop:
- Install and setup R & RStudio on your computer
- Generate descriptive statistics for a data set
- Manipulate data with the Tidyverse plugin for RStudio
- Create basic chats and plots (scatter, bar and line plots) with the ggplot2 plugin