Introduction to R

This unit will provide a basic understanding of the R language and will cover data handling and visualisation.

Why R?

R is a free and widely used statistical programming language. Employees of companies such as Google and Microsoft use R to process, analyse and visualise data. Work in R is supported by code written by leading academics in mathematics, statistics and many other areas. If you work in data analysis in your future career then knowing how to use R will be a very useful skill.

Where is R used?

Learning outcomes

By the end of this unit, you’ll be able to:

1. Do this
2. Do that

Requirements

Preparing for the unit

Before we start the face to face session please you should:

1. Install R and RStudio (instructions can be found here: (Chapter installingr?))
2. Download exercise files (Data and code) from here

Instructions for install R and RStudio on Mac can be found here.