The repository contains information for the course Using R as a Research Tool for the NERC E4 DTP at the University of Edinburgh.
This is the first of two sessions to demonstrate how to create a basic research workflow in R, which will cover:
- Introduction to R and RStudio.
- Creating and structuring an R Project
- Reading in and managing data.
- Data visualisation with ggplot2.
As the course is online this year, we will trial the use of a learnr
tutorial. This can be run as follwos:
- Opening
Intro_to_R.Rproj
in RStudio - Open
Tutorial_E4_Introduction_to_R.Rmd
- Click on the Cog above the top left hand window and select "Preview in Viewer Pane"
- Click "Run Document"
Course notes in PDF: Tutorial_E4_Introduction_to_R_Handout.pdf
Presentation: Presentation_Introduction_to_R.pdf