Introduction to R

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2015-10-23

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Indiana University Workshop in Methods

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R is a flexible free software language for statistical computing and visualizations. Its popularity is increasing across a broad range of disciplines. This workshop will provide and introduction to using R including - Downloading R and where to find R on IU computers - Basic R syntax - The Rstudio environment - Creating and importing data - Producing and editing graphs - Using statistical techniques such as t-tests and linear regressions. The workshop will consist of a one-hour introductory lecture followed by sample hands-on exercises in R. No prior knowledge of R is assumed.

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Jefferson Davis is a software consultant with Research Analytics. He has worked on several projects that have used R and R libraries—most recently visualizing mid-20th century demographic data and running semantic analyses on large text files.

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Workshop in Methods, R (software), statistical methods, research methods

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