When you first open Rstudio, it should look like this, with 4 panes.
Follow the instructions relevant for your computer and operating system. Very few people use anything else, and we regard them as kind of funny :)Īccess the download instructions for Rstudio here. Once we've downloaded it, I'll explain more how to use it, but know that it's a sine qua non of R usage. It's a program that exists solely to make using R easier for you. RStudio is an IDE, an integrated development environment. Once you've downloaded R to your computer, you don't need to ever open it again, because we're going to access R from RStudio! Downloading RStudio I don't know if anyone actually has an archive pairing each R update to its cartoon, but I'd love to see one. When I first learned R, it was "Bug in your Hair" and now we're up to "Feather Spray." For some reason, all the versions of R are named for jokes from Peanuts cartoons. You may notice that the names of the R versions are really funny. Once you're at a CRAN mirror page, follow the instructions there for Mac, Windows, or Linux. Choose a CRAN mirror near you (the closest to me is Tennessee) and follow the instructions there. This body of data/documents is mirrored at many research institutions all over the world so that if one fails, there are many backups. CRAN is the Comprehensive R Archive Network. The first step is choosing a CRAN mirror. To download R, go to the front page of their website and follow the instructions. Many of you are about to take R-based classes this semester so hopefully this will provide a forum for troubleshooting any R problems as well Downloading R I was blown away by the enthusiasm people expressed about learning R, so I dreamed up this idea overnight and I'm going to post a few basic, foolproof guides going into R.
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