Stat X210

R Statistical Software, RStudio GUI, & R Markdown

The main webpage for the project is http://www.r-project.org/index.html. The software can be downloaded from the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN).

Download and Install R and RStudio

• Downloading and installing R (a two page summary)
• Downloading and installing RStudio Desktop

Getting Started with R

• A brief introduction to R (a 10 page intro with details about accessing data for this course)
• A nice tutorial from cyclismo.org
• A tutorial from R-Tutor.com
• R Reference Card (a 4 page reference card by Tom Short)
• The R language - A Short Companion (an 8 page bulleted list by Marc Vandemeulebroecke)
• Intro to R video lectures' by Google Developers

R Studio

• a short video to convince you that R Studio is a useful tool.
• an R Studio overview.

Getting Started with R Markdown

• Quick Reference for R Markdown
• R Code Chunks

More Comprehensive R Documentation

• Workbook/manual from a short course held at UVM in the Fall of 2010.
• There are a lot of additional R manuals available at the CRAN and R-project sites including:
  • an introduction to the language
  • how to extend R
  • ways to get data in and out of R.