R for the terrified

The basics - get the software

• Download and install R
  • Windows https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/R-4.2.2-win.exe
  • Mac¹ https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/base/R-4.2.2.pkg
• Download and install RStudio

  • Windows https://download1.rstudio.org/desktop/windows/RStudio-2022.07.2-576.exe

  • Mac https://download1.rstudio.org/desktop/macos/RStudio-2022.07.2-576.dmg

• If you are using Windows you need to install RTools
  • https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/rtools40-x86_64.exe

The bits of RStudio

Things you’ll use a lot

• Symbols

  • assign ~ <- ~ Option - (Mac) /

  • pipe ~ %>% ~ Ctrl-Shift-M

• Cheatsheets

• These packages

  • tidyverse

  • janitor

  • here

  • pacman

• Code to install and load packages

  • install.packages("<package_name>")

  • library("<package_name>")