“An R Markdown (.Rmd) file is a record of your research. It contains the code that a scientist needs to reproduce your work along with the narration that a reader needs to understand your work.”
The Basics
- RMarkdown makes it easy to add/modify your data and update your figures in one place
- It combines code and text
- Data transparency – easily see how your figures were produced and what data was used
Output to a variety of different types of documents
Code chunk options to customize how much code you want to display
