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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