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Using R to analyze your data

A quick guide to get you up, running, and computing with the statistical software R.

Getting Started With R

The Data Services team at the WashU Libraries has curated a series of activities to get started using R.  The activities are presented in an interactive format that was created using the learnr package.  To get started, watch this pre-tutorial video:

Getting Started

  1. Install R and RStudio
  2. Download the New_To_R.rmd markdown document and save to an appropriate location on your machine.
  3. Open the file in RStudio and follow the instructions within.