Getting Start with R Programming

R is a programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics supported by the R Foundation for Statistical Computing. The R language is widely used among statistics

Introduction to R

Let's Getting Used to R, RStudio, and R Markdown

Introduction

This book was written to give students and statistical enthusiastic who are new to R, RStudio, and R Markdown the tools they need to begin making their statistical analysis skills. R is an open-source programming language that has seen its popularity grow tremendously in recent years, with developers adding new functionality via packages on a daily basis. RStudio is a graphical development environment that makes it easier to write and view the results of R code, and R Markdown provides an easy way to produce rich, fully-documented, statistical/reproducible analyses.

This book will evolve and be updated as needed based on reader feedback. You can see when the book was last updated below.

We strongly recommend you to use R version 3.6.0 or higher, RStudio Desktop version 1.3 or higher, and rmarkdown R package version 2.3 or higher. This will ensure that your setup matches with the description in this book, making it easier to follow along.

What we are Learning Here:

1. What is R and Why?

2. Basics of R and R studio

3. R Markdown

This book was last updated by Our Stats Club on Sunday, July 12, 2020.