In the New Project window, choose New Directory.

Go to the File menu and select New Project.

Let’s create a new project directory for our “Introduction to R” lesson today.

Graphical user interface, not just a command promptĬreating a new project directory in RStudio.

RStudio provides an environment with many features to make using R easier and is a great alternative to working on R in the terminal. RStudio is freely available open-source Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

Single Cell RNA-seq Data analysis with Seurat.

“R package of data and code behind the stories and interactives at, a data-driven journalism website founded by Nate Silver (initially began as a polling aggregation site, but now covers politics, sports, science and pop culture) and owned by ESPN…” - fivethirtyeight Package.

“At the BBC data team, we have developed an R package and an R cookbook to make the process of creating publication-ready graphics in our in-house style…” - BBC Visual and Data Journalism cookbook for R graphics.

Open source with a large and growing community of peersĮxamples of R used in the media and science.

Easy to install on any platform and use (and it’s free!).

Wide array of statistical methods and graphical techniques available.

It has a wide range of statistics and general data analysis and visualization capabilities.

simple and effective programming language.

Think of R as an environment for statistical computing and graphics, which brings together a number of features to provide powerful functionality. The common misconception is that R is a programming language but in fact it is much more than that.

Familiarize various components of RStudio.

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