Intro to R

[RaoOfPhysics]

Date: 10 June 2016
Time: 17:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Location: 40/R-D10
Vidyo for remote participants (just click on the link to proceed): CERN_OpenScience
Session format: Work-Along

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Lesson guide: @RaoOfPhysics
Lesson materials: https://cernstudygroup.github.io/presentations/02-intro-rstats/
Topics addressed:

• What is R?
• Installing R
• Using RStudio
• Your first R program

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[R]esources:

• swirl: http://swirlstats.com/students.html
• ggplot2 introduction: https://jofrhwld.github.io/avml2012/
• version control: https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200532077-Version-Control-with-Git-and-SVN
• R packages: https://cran.r-project.org/

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Before the session, please install R and test that it works:

• Precompiled binaries: https://cran.r-project.org/

• CLI installation:

  • Ubuntu / Debian:

  $ sudo apt update && sudo apt install r-base

  • OS X (homebrew users):

  $ brew update && brew install r

  • Windows:

  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

• Test:

$ r --version

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If you haven't done so yet, introduce yourself (#26) and list your project(s) (#24).

[RaoOfPhysics]

Will conduct this session tomorrow. Have updated the OP to reflect this.

[RaoOfPhysics]

Post-lesson TODO:

• How to use Git with RStudio